Museum Exhibition
Of Gods and Glamour: The Mary and Michael Jaharis Galleries of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Art
Art Institute of Chicago
From November 11, 2012
Through over 250 works, these stunning galleries present the origins and early development of Western art from the third millennium BC to the time of the great Byzantine Empire.
Exhibition artworks
Representative work
Ancient Roman
Statue of Young Dionysos
100 BCE-100 CE
Bronze, copper, and silver (modern)
135.8 × 62 × 52 cm (54 × 24 1/2 × 20 in.)
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Ancient Roman
Statuary Group of Three Satyrs Fighting a Serpent
about 1st century CE
Marble
64.1 × 80 × 36.8 cm (25 1/4 × 31 1/2 × 14 1/2 in.)
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Ancient Roman
Panel from a Sarcophagus Depicting the Abduction of Persephone
190-200
Marble
99 × 170.2 × 17.8 cm (39 × 67 × 7 in.)
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Ancient Roman
Portrait Statue of a Man, Possibly Emperor Trajan
late 1st-early 2nd century
Marble
119.3 × 58.4 × 27.9 cm (47 × 23 × 11 in.)
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Ancient Roman
Statue of a Young Satyr Wearing a Theater Mask of Silenus
About 1st century, restored 1628
Marble
58.4 × 50.8 × 23.4 cm (23 × 20 × 9 1/4 in.)
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Ancient Greek
Tetradrachm (Coin) Depicting the God Dionysos
after 146 BCE
Silver
Diam.: 3.2 cm (1 5/16 in.)
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Ancient Greek
Kylix (Drinking Cup)
540-530 BCE
terracotta, black-figure
13 × 28.6 cm (5 1/8 × 11 1/4 in.)
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