http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/95355/portrait-of-a-man-gallery-label-current ArtsConnectEd.org Art Collector Set: Portrait of a Man: Gallery Label - Current http://www.artsconnected.org/images/favicon.png http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/95355/portrait-of-a-man-gallery-label-current 16 16 http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/95355/portrait-of-a-man-gallery-label-current Tue, 01 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0400 <table cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Title</td> <td><h3>Portrait of a Man: Gallery Label - Current</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Author</td> <td><h3>Minneapolis Institute of Arts</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Date</td> <td><h3>2004-03-08</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label" style="padding-right:7px;">Institution</td> <td>Minneapolis Institute of Arts</td> </tr> </table><br/>This portrait head, with its resolute upward gaze, can be associated with works from the reign of the Emperor Gallienus. At this time, artists worked in a more abstract style that simplified the structure of the head and imposed superficial graphic elements on the surface. Individual features, like the lines of the forehead and the detailed treatment of the hair, rendered with the short strokes of the <i>a penna</i> technique, are characteristic of this form of portraiture. http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/95355/portrait-of-a-man-gallery-label-current This portrait head, with its resolute upward gaze, can be associated with works from the reign of the Emperor Gallienus. At this time, artists worked in a more abstract style that simplified the structure of the head and imposed superficial graphic elements on the surface. Individual features, like the lines of the forehead and the detailed treatment of the hair, rendered with the short strokes of the a penna technique, are characteristic of this form of portraiture." type="image/jpeg" />This portrait head, with its resolute upward gaze, can be associated with works from the reign of the Emperor Gallienus. At this time, artists worked in a more abstract style that simplified the structure of the head and imposed superficial graphic elements on the surface. Individual features, like the lines of the forehead and the detailed treatment of the hair, rendered with the short strokes of the a penna technique, are characteristic of this form of portraiture." type="image/jpeg" />Copyright Minneapolis Institute of ArtsMinneapolis Institute of Arts