Metropolitan Museum II
Folder: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art Set II includes: Greek & Roman (Bronze Age Greece, Geometric, Etruscan, and Cypriot Art only) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, often referred to simply as The Met, is one of the world's largest and most important art museums. It is located on the eastern edge of Central Park in Manhattan, New York City, United States. The Met also maintains "The Cloisters", which featur…
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Cypriot Terracotta Jug in the Metropolitan Museum…
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Jug, ca. 750–600 b.c.; Cypro-Archaic I
Cypriot
Terracotta
H. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm)
The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76 (74.51.532)
The jug is decorated with a black wearing a tunic and carrying two spears. Blacks are represented in Phoenician art and in some bronze statuettes of the eighth and seventh centuries B.C. Moreover, the Greek historian Herodotus mentions Ethiopians in connection with Cyprus; it is possible that during Egyptian rule of the island (ca. 570–526/5 B.C.) Ethiopians settled there.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/74.51.532
Cypriot Limestone Group of a Banquet in the Metrop…
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Title: Limestone group: banquet
Medium; Technique: Limestone
Culture: Cypriot
Period: Archaic
Date: end of the 6th century B.C.
Dimensions: H.: 6 7/8 x 17 1/2 x 11 1/4 in. (17.5 x 44.5 x 28.6 cm)
Classification: Stone Sculpture
Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number: 74.51.2577
On View
Description:
Five figures are disposed around the edge of an irregular plinth. They face inward; a cutting may have held an altar or offering table. The banqueters recline on cushions, not on couches as in Greece. The central male figure is alone. On either side is a couple, a reclining male and a woman seated at his knees. The heads probably do not belong with the bodies. As with the terracotta group scenes, the Cypriot artist used all means at his disposal to render familiar subjects. The malleable clay and soft limestone facilitated his efforts.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...
Cypriot Terracotta Head of a Man Wearing a Wreath…
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Title: Terracotta head of a man wearing a wreath
Medium; Technique: Terracotta; mold-made
Culture: Cypriot
Period: Cypro-Classical II
Date: ca. 400–310 B.C.
Dimensions: H. 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm)
Classification: Terracottas
Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number: 74.51.1475
On View
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...
Marble Anthropoid Sarcophagus in the Metropolitan…
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Anthropoid sarcophagus, last quarter of 5th century B.C.; Classical
Greco-Phoenician; From a tomb at Amathus
Marble; L. 87 3/4 in. (222.90 cm)
The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874-76 (74.51.2452)
The lid of this sarcophagus shows an unarticulated, downward tapering body and the head of a woman framed by flowing hair with traces of red paint. At the foot of the box and on the lid appears the Phoenician letter shin. According to recent investigations, anthropoid sarcophagi of marble were quarried on the Greek island of Paros, where they were prepared up to a certain point and then finished at their destinations, in this case, at Amathus. The inscribed letters on this sarcophagus strongly suggest that the sculptor was Phoenician, which would be entirely plausible at Amathus and at Kition, two centers of Phoenician occupation on Cyprus during the fifth century B.C.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/ccyp/hod_74.51.2452.htm
Detail of a Marble Anthropoid Sarcophagus in the M…
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Anthropoid sarcophagus, last quarter of 5th century B.C.; Classical
Greco-Phoenician; From a tomb at Amathus
Marble; L. 87 3/4 in. (222.90 cm)
The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874-76 (74.51.2452)
The lid of this sarcophagus shows an unarticulated, downward tapering body and the head of a woman framed by flowing hair with traces of red paint. At the foot of the box and on the lid appears the Phoenician letter shin. According to recent investigations, anthropoid sarcophagi of marble were quarried on the Greek island of Paros, where they were prepared up to a certain point and then finished at their destinations, in this case, at Amathus. The inscribed letters on this sarcophagus strongly suggest that the sculptor was Phoenician, which would be entirely plausible at Amathus and at Kition, two centers of Phoenician occupation on Cyprus during the fifth century B.C.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/ccyp/hod_74.51.2452.htm
Marble Anthropoid Sarcophagus in the Metropolitan…
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Marble anthropoid sarcophagus
Graeco-Phoenician, Classical
last quarter of the 5th century BC
Said to have been found in the necropolis of Kition
Accession # 74.51.2454
The sarcophagus consists of a hollowed lower box covered by a lid that slightly conveys the contours of the upper body and the legs. Earlier anthropoid sarcophagi represent the volumes of a body wrapped in a shroud. The only explicit human features here are the head of a woman, framed with curls, and the long locks disposed on her chest. This sarcophagus and the one nearby are among only four of this type found in Cyprus. It was introduced to the island by Phoenicians, who favored it between the fifth and third centuries BC in Phoenicia and the many regions that they colonized. Over two hundred are known today, most of them from Sidon.
Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.
Detail of a Marble Anthropoid Sarcophagus in the M…
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Marble anthropoid sarcophagus
Graeco-Phoenician, Classical
last quarter of the 5th century BC
Said to have been found in the necropolis of Kition
Accession # 74.51.2454
The sarcophagus consists of a hollowed lower box covered by a lid that slightly conveys the contours of the upper body and the legs. Earlier anthropoid sarcophagi represent the volumes of a body wrapped in a shroud. The only explicit human features here are the head of a woman, framed with curls, and the long locks disposed on her chest. This sarcophagus and the one nearby are among only four of this type found in Cyprus. It was introduced to the island by Phoenicians, who favored it between the fifth and third centuries BC in Phoenicia and the many regions that they colonized. Over two hundred are known today, most of them from Sidon.
Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.
Limestone Statue of an Enthroned Youth in the Metr…
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Limestone Statue of an Enthroned Youth
Cypriot, Hellenistic, 3rd century BC
Said to be from the necropolis at Golgoi
Part of the Cesnola Collection, Accession # 74.51.2708
This seated figure holding a roll of manuscript across his knees and a stylus in his right hand could represent a priest of high rank who transcribed oracles or other declarations of the god he served. The remains of a bird perched on his left hand and the elaborate throne with animals at the side suggest, however, that this statuette represents a deity- probably Apollo, the god of poetry and art, famous for his oracles. The bird may well have been a raven, the bird that often accompanies Apollo.
Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.
Cypriot Limestone Statue of Herakles in the Metrop…
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Limestone Statue of Herakles
Cypriot, Classical, 2nd half of the 4th century BC
Said to be from the temple at Golgoi
From the Cesnola Collection, Accession # 74.51.2660
In the late 6th century BC, a local Cypriot god was assimilated with the powerful animal-slaying Greek hero, Herakles. On Cyprus he is shown bearded or beardless, wearing a lion's skin and a short tunic and holding a miniature lion in his hand. Herakles was the male divinity most often represented in Cypriot sanctuaries. In the Classical period, King Evagoras of Salamis placed images of Herakles as a Panhellenic hero on his coinage. At the same time the Phoenician kings at Kition identified him with the Phoenician god Melqart, who was worshiped at Kition.
Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.
Cypriot Limestone Grave Marker in the Metropolitan…
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Limestone Grave Marker
Cypriot, Classical, 4th century BC
Said to be from the necropolis at Golgoi
Part of the Cesnola Collection, Accession # 74.51.2485
The influence of Greek grave monuments can be seen in this relief of a seated woman with her right hand raised to lift her himation (cloak) over her head as though preparing for departure. Greek artists, however, rarely showed such figures in a frontal position.
Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.
Cypriot Limestone Grave Marker in the Metropolitan…
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Limestone Grave Marker
Cypriot, Classical, 4th century BC
Said to be from the necropolis at Golgoi
Part of the Cesnola Collection, Accession # 74.51.2484
Two men reclining at a banquet are represented in the upper panel, while a couple seen from the waist up fill the space below. The Cypriots were among the first to represent banquets on funerary monuments. As on the sarcophagus (74.51.2451) nearby, such a scene may have simply evoked the pleasures of daily life or it may have been intended to elevate the deceased to heroic level.
Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.
Cypriot Limestone Statue of a Young Man in the Met…
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Statue of a young man, mid-4th century b.c., Late Classical to Hellenistic
Cypriot; Said to be from the temple at Golgoi
Limestone
H. 63 3/4 in. (161.9 cm)
The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874-76 (74.51.2465)
The regular features and serene expression of this statue, as well as its carefully modeled drapery that clarify the figure's stance, show the influence of High Classical Greek style. The young man holds a lustral branch in one hand and a round pyxis—probably containing incense—in the other. Like most votive statues dedicated to a god, he wears a wreath, here decorated with berries.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/74.51.2465
Detail of a Cypriot Limestone Statue of a Young Ma…
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Statue of a young man, mid-4th century b.c., Late Classical to Hellenistic
Cypriot; Said to be from the temple at Golgoi
Limestone
H. 63 3/4 in. (161.9 cm)
The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874-76 (74.51.2465)
The regular features and serene expression of this statue, as well as its carefully modeled drapery that clarify the figure's stance, show the influence of High Classical Greek style. The young man holds a lustral branch in one hand and a round pyxis—probably containing incense—in the other. Like most votive statues dedicated to a god, he wears a wreath, here decorated with berries.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/74.51.2465
Detail of a Cypriot Limestone Statue of a Young Ma…
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Statue of a young man, mid-4th century b.c., Late Classical to Hellenistic
Cypriot; Said to be from the temple at Golgoi
Limestone
H. 63 3/4 in. (161.9 cm)
The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874-76 (74.51.2465)
The regular features and serene expression of this statue, as well as its carefully modeled drapery that clarify the figure's stance, show the influence of High Classical Greek style. The young man holds a lustral branch in one hand and a round pyxis—probably containing incense—in the other. Like most votive statues dedicated to a god, he wears a wreath, here decorated with berries.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/74.51.2465
Cypriot Limestone Temple Boy in the Metropolitan M…
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Limestone Temple Boy
Cypriot, Classical, late 5th century BC
Said to be from the temple of Apollo Hylates at Kourion
From the Cesnola Collection, Accession # 74.51.2764
Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.
Terracotta Temple Boy in the Metropolitan Museum o…
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Terracotta Temple Boy
Cypriot, Classical, last quarter of the 4th century BC
Said to be from the temple of Apollo Hylates at Kourion
From the Cesnola Collection, Accession # 74.51.1149
Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.
Limestone Temple Boy in the Metropolitan Museum of…
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Title: Statuete of a Temple Boy
Medium; Technique: Limestone
Culture: Cypriot
Date: ca. 350–300 B.C.
Dimensions: Overall: 9 1/4 x 7 x 2 1/2 in. (23.5 x 17.8 x 6.4 cm)
Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number: 74.51.2760
On View
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...
Limestone Temple Boy in the Metropolitan Museum of…
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Limestone Temple Boy
Cypriot, Classical, 1st quarter of the 4th century BC
Said to be from the temple of Apollo Hylates at Kourion
From the Cesnola Collection, Accession # 74.51.2756
Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.
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