Sculture dalle terme di Aeclanum nel Museo Irpino (original) (raw)
The paper aims to reconstruct the figurative program of the Roman Baths of Aeclanum, starting from the study of the remaining sculptures discovered in the complex during the excavations of Giovanni Oscar Onorato (1956-1960). The historical sources testify that in the Baths were found dozens of statues, then transferred into private collections or sold and today disappeared. A group of Niobids, of which remains only a statue of a young son, played an important role in the figurative program of the Baths. By comparison with other contexts, it has proved that this subject has entered in the decorative repertoire of the thermal buildings during the imperial age.
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