Antefix: Head of a Maenad
- Published/Created:
- ca. 525-500 BCE
- Date Depicted:
- 1975
8000 BC - 499 AD - Materials:
- terracotta
- Notes:
- Hair is looped in back and bound with a decorative fillet.
- Abstract:
- A link between the Greeks and Romans, Etruscan dress is influenced by one and in turn influences the other. Shaped like a tunic, the basic garment for women and men is fairly fitted and belted at the waist. There is a variety of mantles. Nearly all garments are colorful, richly patterned, and bordered.
- Topics:
- Etruscan -- Clothing -- (LC)
Sculpture -- Etruscan -- 6th century BCE -- (YVRC) - Culture:
- Etruscan
- Accession Number:
- 4388-107
- Genre:
- architectural elements: antefixes (AAT)
costume (mode of fashion): clothing (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Clothing & Accessories
Sculptures, Models, & Architecture - Rights:
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Source Creator:
- Button, Jeanne and Sbarge, Stephen
- Source Title:
- History of Costume, In Slides, Notes and Commentaries: Volume 1
- Source Created:
- New York, NY
Theatre Arts Slide Presentations
1975 - Call Number:
- GT513 +B87 1 (LC)
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Original Repository:
- Rome, Italy: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia
- OID:
- 10542803
- PID:
- digcoll:1793299