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| Copy of Sosos' Dove Mosaic |
Sosos of Pergamum -- Mosaicist who was only ever mentioned in literary sources (Pliny the elder)
Hephaistion -- Mosaicist who signed his work
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| The Lion Hunt by Hephaistion |
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| Mykonos Vase |
Mykonos vase -- early 7th-century pithos (storage jar) with scenes from the Trojan War, including an early representation of the Trojan Horse (Boardman, Oxford History of Classical Art, 35-36)
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| Chigi Vase |
Chigi vase -- A polychrome vase found in an Etruscan tomb with friezes of mythology and genre scenes
Vitruvius -- wrote a notable book about architecture including invaluable sketches and notations about buildings that no longer exist today.
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| Initiation Rites of the Cult of Bacchus |
Initiation Rites of the Cult of Bacchus from the Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii -- Roman trompe l'oeil (painting that looks like real objects) is heavily used in this scene.
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| Ixion Being Punished |
The House of the Vettii -- House in Pompeii filled with frescoes including this one of Ixion being punished on a flaming wheel
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| Praxitiles' Aphrodite |
Cnidian Aphrodite by Praxitiles -- first lifesize reproduction of the nude female form
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