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#ReliefWednesday - After yesterday's jaunt into the 'Tabulae Iliacae', here's perhaps the best-known example: the Tabula Iliaca Capitolina, covered with an encyclopaedia of scenes from the Trojan War: ca. 1st Century AD. #Myth #Art (1/3)
Image: Musei Capitolini (inv. MC0316)
Image: Musei Capitolini (inv. MC0316)
The sheer detail in a tablet that's only 25 x 28 cm is staggering! It draws scenes from several texts, including: the 'Iliad'; the 'Iliupersis'; 'Aethiopis'; and 'Little Iliad'. (2/3)
Image: Drawing of the Tabula Iliaca Capitolina (by Feodor Ivanovich in the early 19th Century)
Image: Drawing of the Tabula Iliaca Capitolina (by Feodor Ivanovich in the early 19th Century)
For anyone who missed yesterday's link to a great article on the tablets, see:
SQUIRE, MICHAEL. “TEXTS ON THE TABLES: THE ‘TABULAE ILIACAE’ IN THEIR HELLENISTIC LITERARY CONTEXT.” The Journal of Hellenic Studies 130 (2010): 67–96.
jstor.org/stable/41722532
#ReliefWednesday (3/3)
SQUIRE, MICHAEL. “TEXTS ON THE TABLES: THE ‘TABULAE ILIACAE’ IN THEIR HELLENISTIC LITERARY CONTEXT.” The Journal of Hellenic Studies 130 (2010): 67–96.
jstor.org/stable/41722532
#ReliefWednesday (3/3)
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