On an Unusual Female Head from Italica (Santiponce, Seville)

A previously unpublished female head, which decorated the residential area of the Hadrianic extension of Italica, was found in excavations carried out by A. Parladé in 1929/1930 in the proximity of the House of the Neptune Mosaic. Its most particular characteristic is that the upper part was formed...

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Autor: Ojeda Nogales, David
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
Repositorio:e-spacio (DSpace). Repositorio Institucional de la UNED
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:dnet:e-spacio(ds_::d5743910515fa27c8d4a3c6e60c89d31
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/32148
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:5506.02 Historia del arte
Hispania
Roman Portrait
Ideal Sculpture
Assemblage
Hair Segments
Retrato romano
Escultura ideal
Ensamblaje
Segmentos de pelo
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Sumario:A previously unpublished female head, which decorated the residential area of the Hadrianic extension of Italica, was found in excavations carried out by A. Parladé in 1929/1930 in the proximity of the House of the Neptune Mosaic. Its most particular characteristic is that the upper part was formed by a separately worked segment of hair. This head is the first to be documented in Hispania made with this technique, in which a tenon is located in the back of the head. As it is an unusual technique, other examples in the Empire of similar characteristics are detailed in a list. Finally, a series of arguments are given to date the object in the second quarter of the 2nd century ad and include it in the group of ideal heads made during that time in Italica.