LaurieAnnie's photos with the keyword: synagogue

Tile with Capricorn ca. A.D. 245 Clay with a layer of painted plaster 39.5 × 42 × 4.5 cm (15 9/16 × 16 9/16 × 1 3/4 in.) Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos 1933.272 Culture: Syrian, Dura-Europos Period: Roman (3rd century A.D.) Classification: Paintings Provenance: Excavated by the Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos (block L7, Synagogue), present-day Syria, 1928–37; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn. Bibliography: Handbook of the Collections, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992), 270, ill. Jennifer Chi and Sebastian Heath, eds., Edge of Empires: Pagans, Jews, and Christians at Roman Dura-Europos, exh. cat. (New York: Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, 2011), 50, no. 26, fig. 2–12. Text from: artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/5726

Tile with Centaur ca. A.D. 245 Clay with layer of painted plaster 39 × 40 × 5 cm (15 3/8 × 15 3/4 × 1 15/16 in.) Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos 1933.268 Culture: Syrian, Dura-Europos Period: Roman (3rd century A.D.) Classification: Paintings Provenance: Excavated by the Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos (block L7, Synagogue), present-day Syria, 1928–37; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn. Bibliography: Jennifer Chi and Sebastian Heath, eds., Edge of Empires: Pagans, Jews, and Christians at Roman Dura-Europos, exh. cat. (New York: Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, 2011), 51, no. 27, fig. 2–18. Text from: artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/5721

Tile with Three Grape Clusters ca. A.D. 245 Clay with layer of painted plaster 39 × 40 × 4.5 cm (15 3/8 × 15 3/4 × 1 3/4 in.) Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos 1933.281 Culture: Syrian, Dura-Europos Period: Roman (3rd century A.D.) Classification: Paintings Provenance: Excavated by the Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos (block L7, Synagogue), present-day Syria, 1928–37; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn. Bibliography: Jennifer Chi and Sebastian Heath, eds., Edge of Empires: Pagans, Jews, and Christians at Roman Dura-Europos, exh. cat. (New York: Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, 2011), 50, no. 30, fig. 2–15. Text from: artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/5736

Tile with Centaur ca. A.D. 245 Clay with layer of painted plaster 39 × 40 × 5 cm (15 3/8 × 15 3/4 × 1 15/16 in.) Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos 1933.268 Culture: Syrian, Dura-Europos Period: Roman (3rd century A.D.) Classification: Paintings Provenance: Excavated by the Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos (block L7, Synagogue), present-day Syria, 1928–37; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn. Bibliography: Jennifer Chi and Sebastian Heath, eds., Edge of Empires: Pagans, Jews, and Christians at Roman Dura-Europos, exh. cat. (New York: Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, 2011), 51, no. 27, fig. 2–18. Text from: artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/5721

Tile with Three Grape Clusters ca. A.D. 245 Clay with layer of painted plaster 39 × 40 × 4.5 cm (15 3/8 × 15 3/4 × 1 3/4 in.) Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos 1933.281 Culture: Syrian, Dura-Europos Period: Roman (3rd century A.D.) Classification: Paintings Provenance: Excavated by the Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos (block L7, Synagogue), present-day Syria, 1928–37; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn. Bibliography: Jennifer Chi and Sebastian Heath, eds., Edge of Empires: Pagans, Jews, and Christians at Roman Dura-Europos, exh. cat. (New York: Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, 2011), 50, no. 30, fig. 2–15. Text from: artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/5736

Tile with Female Face ca. A.D. 245 Clay with layer of painted plaster 37.7 × 51.5 × 10.2 cm (14 13/16 × 20 1/4 × 4 in.) Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos 1933.267 Probably about 450 tiles showing female heads, land and sea animals, fantastic beasts, Evil Eyes, vegetation, and inscriptions once covered the Synagogue ceiling, demarcating the sacred space with an otherworldly “sky.” This example (one of 234 preserved tiles) depicts a common type, the female face, which may represent the vegetative powers of nature. The figure’s mass of red hair sprouts leaves and flowers. Painted ceiling tiles were also used in private houses at Dura-Europos. Culture: Syrian, Dura-Europos Period: Roman (3rd century A.D.) Classification: Paintings Provenance: Excavated by the Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos (block L7, Synagogue), present-day Syria, 1928–37; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn. Bibliography: Lisa R. Brody and Gail Hoffman, eds., Dura-Europos: Crossroads of Antiquity (Boston: McMullen Museum of Art, 2011), 339, no. 30, pl. 30. Jennifer Chi and Sebastian Heath, eds., Edge of Empires: Pagans, Jews, and Christians at Roman Dura-Europos, exh. cat. (New York: Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, 2011), 50, no. 33, fig. 2–19. Text from: artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/5720

Tile with Female Face ca. A.D. 245 Clay with layer of painted plaster 37.7 × 51.5 × 10.2 cm (14 13/16 × 20 1/4 × 4 in.) Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos 1933.267 Probably about 450 tiles showing female heads, land and sea animals, fantastic beasts, Evil Eyes, vegetation, and inscriptions once covered the Synagogue ceiling, demarcating the sacred space with an otherworldly “sky.” This example (one of 234 preserved tiles) depicts a common type, the female face, which may represent the vegetative powers of nature. The figure’s mass of red hair sprouts leaves and flowers. Painted ceiling tiles were also used in private houses at Dura-Europos. Culture: Syrian, Dura-Europos Period: Roman (3rd century A.D.) Classification: Paintings Provenance: Excavated by the Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos (block L7, Synagogue), present-day Syria, 1928–37; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn. Bibliography: Lisa R. Brody and Gail Hoffman, eds., Dura-Europos: Crossroads of Antiquity (Boston: McMullen Museum of Art, 2011), 339, no. 30, pl. 30. Jennifer Chi and Sebastian Heath, eds., Edge of Empires: Pagans, Jews, and Christians at Roman Dura-Europos, exh. cat. (New York: Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, 2011), 50, no. 33, fig. 2–19. Text from: artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/5720

Tile with Bird inside Wreath A.D. 200–256 Clay with layer of painted plaster 38 × 37 × 3.5 cm (14 15/16 × 14 9/16 × 1 3/8 in.) Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos 1933.262 Culture: Syrian, Dura-Europos Period: Greco-Roman Classification: Paintings Provenance: Excavated by the Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos (block L7, Synagogue), present-day Syria, 1928–37; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn. Bibliography: Jennifer Chi and Sebastian Heath, eds., Edge of Empires: Pagans, Jews, and Christians at Roman Dura-Europos, exh. cat. (New York: Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, 2011), 113, no. 29, ill. Text from: artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/5715

Tile with Capricorn ca. A.D. 245 Clay with a layer of painted plaster 39.5 × 42 × 4.5 cm (15 9/16 × 16 9/16 × 1 3/4 in.) Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos 1933.272 Culture: Syrian, Dura-Europos Period: Roman (3rd century A.D.) Classification: Paintings Provenance: Excavated by the Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos (block L7, Synagogue), present-day Syria, 1928–37; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn. Bibliography: Handbook of the Collections, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992), 270, ill. Jennifer Chi and Sebastian Heath, eds., Edge of Empires: Pagans, Jews, and Christians at Roman Dura-Europos, exh. cat. (New York: Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, 2011), 50, no. 26, fig. 2–12. Text from: artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/5726

Tile with Bird inside Wreath A.D. 200–256 Clay with layer of painted plaster 38 × 37 × 3.5 cm (14 15/16 × 14 9/16 × 1 3/8 in.) Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos 1933.262 Culture: Syrian, Dura-Europos Period: Greco-Roman Classification: Paintings Provenance: Excavated by the Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos (block L7, Synagogue), present-day Syria, 1928–37; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn. Bibliography: Jennifer Chi and Sebastian Heath, eds., Edge of Empires: Pagans, Jews, and Christians at Roman Dura-Europos, exh. cat. (New York: Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, 2011), 113, no. 29, ill. Text from: artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/5715