Farnese Atlas
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The Farnese Atlas is a 2nd-century CE Roman marble sculpture of Atlas holding up a celestial globe. Probably a copy of an earlier work of the Hellenistic period, it is the oldest extant statue of Atla
Farnese Atlas (Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples)
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The National Archaeological Museum of Naples is an important Italian archaeological museum. Its collection includes works from Greek, Roman and Renaissance times, and especially Roman artifacts from t
Farnese Atlas
…vase painting, and the oldest known representation of the celestial sphere and the classical constellations. The sculpture is currently located at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples in Italy. The statue is dated around CE 150, during the Roman Empire and after the composition of the Almagest by Claudius Ptolemy, but the celestial…
Façade of the museum
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