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Marble grave stele with a family group information.
The girl gazes serenely and peacefully at her birds.
This paper is a formal analysis of the marble grave stele with a family group relief sculpture.
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Does she mourn her dead father or is she the sole survivor of the group.
Marble grave stele with a family group grave stele of a little girl stephanie sjaastad nancy catandella hwa 160l 112 18 november 2013 ancient greek art is something to be admired.
It is a pentelic marble style relief standing at 171 1cm tall carved by a master.
The accuracy of the figures compared to egyptian art is commendable.
A stele ˈ s t iː l i stee lee or occasionally stela plural stelas or stelæ when derived from latin is a stone or wooden slab generally taller than it is wide erected in the ancient world as a monument the surface of the stele often has text ornamentation or both.
Marble grave stele with a family group.
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The few stelae that do depict sorrow or even death are moving and attest to the greek sculptors skill at representing human emotion.
These may be inscribed carved in relief or painted.
Stelae were created for many reasons.
Marble grave stele with a family group.
Carved by a master this grave stele is one of the most magnificent examples from the classical period.
These birds may have been her pets because one of the doves.
The art works show great depths of emotion and detail.
Despite its ambiguity and solemn sadness the relief conveys an intense though restrained sense of family unity.
Grave stele of a little girl is a stone sculpture carved from marble in one piece of a young girl who stands in a relaxed contrapposto stance holding two sleek yet simplistic doves.
It is from the late classical period of greek attic which was completed around ca 360 b c.
Grave stele with a family group.