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Head of a Young Woman from a Grave Naiskos, about 320 BC. Creator: Unknown.

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Head of a Young Woman from a Grave Naiskos, about 320 BC. Head of a Woman from a Funerary Monument. Additional Info: Originally part of a funerary monument, this head of a girl displays facial features and a hairstyle typical of Athenian sculpture in the late 300s BC She wears her hair parted in rows, braided and pulled back, a style called a melon coiffure by scholars. On the girl's neck, there are two widely spaced fleshy rings with an indentation between them, so-called "Venus rings." This trait was probably a status symbol, indicating the health and good nutrition provided by wealth. This head was made separately and inserted into a body carved in relief on the back slab of a naiskos, or small three-sided funerary monument. The flat surfaces on the back of the head rested against the slab. They show that the girl was posed in a three-quarter frontal view.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A00_458

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NA

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NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

211,4Mo (11,4Mo) / 65,3cm x 81,2cm / 7707 x 9589 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Europe portrait female women woman people face young head architecture stone arts carving country body bodies sculpture art color death marble archaeology ancient Greek Greece handicraft handicrafts hair Athens carved location century archaeological hairstyle concept archeology hairdo attic funerary hairdressing Colour Athenian Monument 4th century BC TGN object sculpture Unknown marble Heritage Art Hand Carved Female figure