Pilaster capital
- Date de création
- End of the 3rd century
- Material
- Marble
- Dimensions
- H. 20 x l. 30 x P. 8,5 (cm)
- Inventory number
- 2000.180.1
If the style of this capital is to be linked to the Corinthian order characterised by rows of superimposed leaves, here the sculptor has taken some liberties with the conventions of the classical period. The thick, flat leaves are separated from each other by means of drop-shaped holes made with a trepanning tool (a sort of drill bit), a practice more in keeping with oriental aesthetics. It is indeed to Asia Minor, and especially Constantinople, that one must turn to find similar compositions and carving techniques. This crowning element therefore also tends to support the idea that Chiragan was involved with workshops of oriental origin, or at least workshops subject to the aesthetic trends favoured in Asia Minor.
P. Capus
Bibliography
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- Cazes et al. 1999 D. Cazes, E. Ugaglia, V. Geneviève, L. Mouysset, J.-C. Arramond, Q. Cazes, Le Musée Saint-Raymond : musée des Antiques de Toulouse, Toulouse-Paris. p. 79-82
- Joulin 1901 L. Joulin, Les établissements gallo-romains de la plaine de Martres-Tolosane, Paris. p. 84, pl. V, no 18 B
- Kramer 1994 J. Kramer, Korinthische Pilasterkapitelle in Kleinasien und Konstantinopel : antike und spätantike Werkstattgruppen, Tübingen.
To cite this notice
Capus P., "Pilaster capital", in The sculptures of the roman villa of Chiragan, Toulouse, 2019, online <https://villachiragan.saintraymond.toulouse.fr/en/ark:/87276/a_2000_180_1>.