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Ancient Greek and Roman dancing in prints
- Title
- Ancient Greek and Roman dancing in prints [graphic].
- Publication
- [18--?]
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- Description
- 5 prints : engraving, etching, b&w or one-color; 44 x 33 cm. or smaller.
- 1 photomechanical print : photogravure, b&w ;
- Summary
- Depictions of ancient Greek and Roman dancing in prints culled from various sources, chiefly dating from the nineteenth century. Some represent artworks of ancient origin; others are later interpretations or imaginative recreations of the dances of antiquity.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Engravings.
- Etchings.
- Photogravures.
- Note
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Source (note)
- Lincoln Kirstein.
- Contents
- [Two female dancers, one with wreaths, one with a tambourine, accompanied by a kithara player] -- [Study of a fragment of a vase-painting? depicting two men and two women; the woman at far right throws her head back in a maenad-like pose; penciled at bottom are the words "Istituto [?] of the dance at Sparta"] -- [Three nude women dancing in a landscape, accompanied by Eros or Cupid on the kithara] / J.M. [?] Moreau inv.; P. Buquoy sculp. -- Faune dansant / dessiné par Granger; gravé par J.J. Avril -- Due danzatrici, dipinto di Pompei; Danseuse, peintre de Pompei, v. 1, t. XXVI / Saverio Pistolesi del. sculp. -- The companions of Tiberius at Capri; Gebbie & Co., 1887 / [signed] H. Siemiradzki; H. Siemeradsky pinx.; gravure, Gebbie & Husson.
- Call Number
- *MGZFX Gre 1-6
- OCLC
- 825550731
- Title
- Ancient Greek and Roman dancing in prints [graphic].
- Imprint
- [18--?]
- Local Note
- Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
- Source
- [Two female dancers], [Three nude women dancing], Faune dansant, The companions of Tiberius at Capri Gift; Lincoln Kirstein.
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- Added Author
- Avril, Jean-Jacques, 1744-1831. EngraverGranger, Jean-Pierre, 1779-1840. DraftsmanPistolesi, Saverio. ArtistSiemiradzki, Henryk, 1843-1902. ArtistKirstein, Lincoln, 1907-1996. Donor
- Research Call Number
- *MGZFX Gre 1-6