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instead of marble, and often gold on parts of the body and ornaments. Acroliths are frequently mentioned by Pausanias (2nd century AD), the best known...

International Business. In 1980, Tempelsman bought, for $1 million, two 500 BC acroliths representing Demeter and Persephone; the pieces consisted of two marble...

Period". National Archaeological Museum. Retrieved 18 September 2023. "Acroliths" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 155. "National...

Greek sculptor of the Hellenistic period from Messene, known for his many acroliths found in Messene, Megalopolis, Aegium, Lycosura and other cities of the...

at all periods images might wear real jewelry donated by devotees. The acrolith was another composite form, this time a cost-saving one with a wooden body...

cult images were less frequent, at least until Hellenistic times. The acrolith was another composite form, this time a cost-saving one with a wooden body...

'photosynthesis': Sp. fotosíntesis / Port. fotossíntese (from Gr.'φῶς + σύνθεσις' ) / 'acrolith': Sp. acrolito / Port. acrólito (from Gr.'ἀκρόλιθος') / 'apocalypse': Sp...

the many other statues of deities in temples and other locations. The acrolith was another composite form, this time a cost-saving one with a wooden body...

were carved of marble and the rest of the body made of wood is called acrolith. The wooden part was usually covered either with cloth or gold leaf. For...

generally recognized to be Greek. ............................. Acrolith: An acrolith is a composite sculpture made of stone together with other materials...

Fragments of two chryselephantine statues from Delphi have been excavated. The acrolith was another composite form, this time a cost-saving one with a wooden body...

Demeter, was carved by the artist Damophon in 180 BC, is also considered an acrolith, a composite of many different materials with the head and limbs made of...

an Aphrodite purchased by the J. Paul Getty museum, the parts of two acroliths purchased by Maurice Tempelsman, and the Morgantina treasure purchased...

sculpture found in the 16th and 17th centuries included: the colossal acrolith of a large female head called Acrolito Ludovisi, a divinity of Magna Graecia...

market bought by the main American museums. On 13 December 2009, two acroliths (two heads, three hands and three feet in marble) from the Greek archaic...

period to install an "enormous" base for a colossal cult statue. A colossal acrolith was discovered in the Area Sacra between the temples known as B and C....

fragments of Artemis, Anytos, the chest/robe of Despoina. The bust is an acrolith, a composite of many different materials, of which the head, hands, and...

phase dates from the mid-5th to the end of the 4th century BC, when the acrolith of Apollo (440-420 BC) was created and another Temple of Demeter, near...