0 favorites     0 comments    237 visits

See also...


Keywords

art
GettyVilla
2016
Greek
CA
California
stele
marble
ancient
relief
museum
sculpture
FujiFinePixS9900W
Classical


Authorizations, license

Visible by: Everyone
All rights reserved

237 visits


Gravestone of Philoxenos and Philoumene in the Getty Villa, June 2016

Gravestone of Philoxenos and Philoumene in the Getty Villa, June 2016
Title: Grave Stele of Philoxenos with his Wife, Philoumene

Artist/Maker: Unknown

Culture: Greek (Attic)

Place: Greece (Attica) (Place created)

Date: about 400 B.C.

Medium: Marble

Object Number: 83.AA.378

Dimensions: 102.2 × 44.5 × 16.5 cm (40 1/4 × 17 1/2 × 6 1/2 in.)

Inscription: Inscription: Names of Philoxenos and Philoumene in Greek.

Alternate Titles: Gravestone of Philoxenos and Philoumene (Display Title)

Object Type: Relief

Philoxenos, wearing the armor of a warrior, tands before his wife Philomene, clasping her hand, on this stele (gravestone) from Athens. The figures were originally elaborated with painted details. A Greek inscription engraved above them identifies the couple. The handshake motif, or dexiosis, was a symbolic gesture that could represent a simple farewell, a reunion in the afterlife, or an ongoing connection between the deceased and the living.

It is often difficult to tell which figure represents the deceased on grave markers of the late 400s B.C. The living rarely display sorrow or grief. Instead, their calm, expressionless faces reproduce the idealized features and detachment that prevailed in the sculptural style of Athens at this time. Philoxenos, here represented as a soldier, probably distinguished himself in combat.

Text from: www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/10752/unknown-maker-grave-stele-of-philoxenos-with-his-wife-philoumene-greek-attic-about-400-bc

Comments

Sign-in to write a comment.