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• 881. [Image] Playbill, 1935

  	Original playbill in 1935
  	Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Playbill, 1935 Author: Oregon Shakespeare Festival, unknown Year: 1935 Original playbill in 1935 Title: Playbill, 1935 Author: Oregon Shakespeare Festival, unknown Year: 1935 Original playbill in 1935 Close

• 882. [Image] Dorothy Pruitt scrapbook prints

  	Scene from Twelfth Night
  	Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Dorothy Pruitt scrapbook prints Author: Shakespeare, William, Bowmer, Angus L., Oregon Shakespeare Festival, unknown Year: 1935 Scene from Twelfth Night Title: Dorothy Pruitt scrapbook prints Author: Shakespeare, William, Bowmer, Angus L., Oregon Shakespeare Festival, unknown Year: 1935 Scene from Twelfth Night Close

• 883. [Image] The Taming of the Shrew, 1939

  	Scene from The Taming of the Shrew
  	Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: The Taming of the Shrew, 1939 Author: Shakespeare, William, Bowmer, Angus L., Oregon Shakespeare Festival, unknown Year: 1939 Scene from The Taming of the Shrew Title: The Taming of the Shrew, 1939 Author: Shakespeare, William, Bowmer, Angus L., Oregon Shakespeare Festival, unknown Year: 1939 Scene from The Taming of the Shrew Close

• 884. [Image] Terracotta Siren; Statue of a Standing Siren; Sculpture

  	Part of Group of 3 terracotta works titled "Poet as Orpheus and two sirens." Group described by Getty Museum as a seated man flanked by sirens, creatures part bird and part woman, in a nearly life-size ...
  	Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Terracotta Siren; Statue of a Standing Siren; Sculpture Author: unknown Year: 350 Part of Group of 3 terracotta works titled "Poet as Orpheus and two sirens." Group described by Getty Museum as a seated man flanked by sirens, creatures part bird and part woman, in a nearly life-size terracotta group. In Greek mythology, the singing of the sirens lured sailors to their deaths; thus the creatures have general funerary connotations. The seated man is also a singer, as shown by his open mouth and his now-missing lyre, which he once cradled in his left arm. His precise identity, however, is uncertain. He might be Orpheus, who was famous for his singing and who traveled to the land of the dead and was able to return. But in art of this period, Orpheus is usually shown wearing a specific Eastern costume not seen here. Therefore, this man may just be an ordinary mortal, perhaps the deceased, in the guise of a poet or singer. Originally brightly painted, this large-scale terracotta sculpture is characteristic of the Greek colonies in South Italy. With its funerary imagery, the group may have decorated a tomb. Although terracotta sculpture is also found in mainland Greece, artists in the Greek colonies in South Italy used this medium with greater frequency and on a larger scale because there were few sources of good stone suitable for sculpting. --The J. Paul Getty Museum; default; Late Classical Title: Terracotta Siren; Statue of a Standing Siren; Sculpture Author: unknown Year: 350 Part of Group of 3 terracotta works titled "Poet as Orpheus and two sirens." Group described by Getty Museum as a seated man flanked by sirens, creatures part bird and part woman, in a nearly life-size terracotta group. In Greek mythology, the singing of the sirens lured sailors to their deaths; thus the creatures have general funerary connotations. The seated man is also a singer, as shown by his open mouth and his now-missing lyre, which he once cradled in his left arm. His precise identity, however, is uncertain. He might be Orpheus, who was famous for his singing and who traveled to the land of the dead and was able to return. But in art of this period, Orpheus is usually shown wearing a specific Eastern costume not seen here. Therefore, this man may just be an ordinary mortal, perhaps the deceased, in the guise of a poet or singer. Originally brightly painted, this large-scale terracotta sculpture is characteristic of the Greek colonies in South Italy. With its funerary imagery, the group may have decorated a tomb. Although terracotta sculpture is also found in mainland Greece, artists in the Greek colonies in South Italy used this medium with greater frequency and on a larger scale because there were few sources of good stone suitable for sculpting. --The J. Paul Getty Museum; default; Late Classical Close

• 885. [Image] Terracotta siren; Statue of a Standing Siren; Sculpture

  	Part of Group of 3 terracotta works titled "Poet as Orpheus and two sirens." Group described by Getty Museum as a seated man flanked by sirens, creatures part bird and part woman, in a nearly life-size ...
  	Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Terracotta siren; Statue of a Standing Siren; Sculpture Author: unknown Year: 350 Part of Group of 3 terracotta works titled "Poet as Orpheus and two sirens." Group described by Getty Museum as a seated man flanked by sirens, creatures part bird and part woman, in a nearly life-size terracotta group. In Greek mythology, the singing of the sirens lured sailors to their deaths; thus the creatures have general funerary connotations. The seated man is also a singer, as shown by his open mouth and his now-missing lyre, which he once cradled in his left arm. His precise identity, however, is uncertain. He might be Orpheus, who was famous for his singing and who traveled to the land of the dead and was able to return. But in art of this period, Orpheus is usually shown wearing a specific Eastern costume not seen here. Therefore, this man may just be an ordinary mortal, perhaps the deceased, in the guise of a poet or singer. Originally brightly painted, this large-scale terracotta sculpture is characteristic of the Greek colonies in South Italy. With its funerary imagery, the group may have decorated a tomb. Although terracotta sculpture is also found in mainland Greece, artists in the Greek colonies in South Italy used this medium with greater frequency and on a larger scale because there were few sources of good stone suitable for sculpting. --The J. Paul Getty Museum; default; Late Classical Title: Terracotta siren; Statue of a Standing Siren; Sculpture Author: unknown Year: 350 Part of Group of 3 terracotta works titled "Poet as Orpheus and two sirens." Group described by Getty Museum as a seated man flanked by sirens, creatures part bird and part woman, in a nearly life-size terracotta group. In Greek mythology, the singing of the sirens lured sailors to their deaths; thus the creatures have general funerary connotations. The seated man is also a singer, as shown by his open mouth and his now-missing lyre, which he once cradled in his left arm. His precise identity, however, is uncertain. He might be Orpheus, who was famous for his singing and who traveled to the land of the dead and was able to return. But in art of this period, Orpheus is usually shown wearing a specific Eastern costume not seen here. Therefore, this man may just be an ordinary mortal, perhaps the deceased, in the guise of a poet or singer. Originally brightly painted, this large-scale terracotta sculpture is characteristic of the Greek colonies in South Italy. With its funerary imagery, the group may have decorated a tomb. Although terracotta sculpture is also found in mainland Greece, artists in the Greek colonies in South Italy used this medium with greater frequency and on a larger scale because there were few sources of good stone suitable for sculpting. --The J. Paul Getty Museum; default; Late Classical Close