Five female shoulder busts found at Syracuse and Morgantina (Sicily) area decorated with large, painted panels worn over red-purple chitons. The panels show some figured scene: women performing a dance or, on one example, a complex mythological scene, the rape of Persephone. It is not difficult to assume that the rectangular panel represents a real piece of cloth, perhaps a characteristic part of the dress of a cult statue, as described by tha ancient sources. Lastly, how did a possible production of decorated and precious textiles fit into the craftsmanship of late Classical and Hellenistic Sicily?
Cinque busti fittili di grandi dimensioni rinvenuti a Siracusa e a Morgantina, in Sicilia, presentano dei larghi pannelli dipinti indossati su chitoni rosso porpora. I pannelli mostrano scene figurate: figure femminili impegnate in una danza o, su un esemplare, una complessa scena mitologica, il ratto di Persefone. Non è difficile arguire che questo pannello rettangolare rappresenti un vero e proprio elemento dell'abbigliamento, forse caratteristico di una statua di culto, come testimoniato dalle fonti antiche. Ed infine, l'articolo prende in considerazione come la possibile produzione di tessuti preziosi e decorati si colleghi alla tradizione artigianale della Sicilia tardo classica ed ellenistica.
Picturae in textili on the shoulder busts in Hellenistic Sicily
Pautasso A
2007
Abstract
Five female shoulder busts found at Syracuse and Morgantina (Sicily) area decorated with large, painted panels worn over red-purple chitons. The panels show some figured scene: women performing a dance or, on one example, a complex mythological scene, the rape of Persephone. It is not difficult to assume that the rectangular panel represents a real piece of cloth, perhaps a characteristic part of the dress of a cult statue, as described by tha ancient sources. Lastly, how did a possible production of decorated and precious textiles fit into the craftsmanship of late Classical and Hellenistic Sicily?I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.