"Attachments Depicting Busts of Silenoi" by Ancient Roman (Mid 1st century BCE-mid 1st century CE)
Bronze, silver, and copper.
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Commentary
"Attachments Depicting Busts of Silenoi" by Ancient Roman (Mid 1st century BCE-mid 1st century CE) invites a close look at how form and feeling work together.
Because the work is spatial, changes in viewpoint and light can noticeably alter its emotional impact.
Themes to notice include late republican, sculpture.
This piece is held in the source collection's Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium collection.
Ancient Roman is the artist behind this work.
A useful anchor for reading the piece: Roman.
The work is cataloged within a Roman Empire cultural context.
It is associated with the late republican period.
How to look at this work:
It is cataloged as sculpture, which gives a clue to how the museum frames the object.
Its medium (Bronze, silver, and copper) affects texture, durability, and how detail reads at different distances.
Its listed dimensions (1: 17.8 × 14.6 × 8.6 cm (7 × 5 3/4 × 3 3/8 in.); 2: 18.7 × 16.2 × 8.9 cm (7 3/8 × 6 3/8 × 4 1/2 in.)) suggest how intimate or monumental it may feel in person.
Subject cues from the catalog include late republican, sculpture.
Compare this reading with the museum record at the source collection: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/147877
Sources: Art Institute of Chicago; Art Institute of Chicago / Public Records; Art Institute of Chicago Collection Data
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