venerdì 23 settembre 2011

The sources for the Grecian Urn



The Borghese Vase in the Daru Gallery, at Louvre Museum



Drawing of the Sosibios Vase, by John Keats, Keats-Shelley Museum, in Rome
The Portland Vase

Perhaps from Rome, Italy, about AD 5-25
The most famous cameo-glass vessel from antiquity
The scenes on the Portland Vase have been interpreted many times with a historical or a mythological slant. It is enough to say that the subject is clearly one of love and marriage with a mythological theme. The ketos (sea-snake) places it in a marine setting. It may have been made as a wedding gift. (British Museum)
   

The Townley Vase, Roman 2nd century AD (British Museum). Found at villa at Monte Cagnolo near Rome


Sosibios, The Athenian Volute krater c 50 BC (Musée du Louvre)

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