20.500.12556/RUP-22741 The Caryatid from Osor (Apsorus) A Provincial Reinterpretation of a Classical Motif Kariatida z Osorja (Apsorus) provincialna reinterpretacija klasičnega motiva The study examines the marble female statue from Osor (Apsorus; now in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Venezia, inv. no. 162-A), traditionally referred to as Medea, Caryatid, or Muse-Caryatid. The figure is dressed in a chiton and diplex, it was carved with an unfinished back, suggesting placement against a wall. Stylistic and iconographic analysis of its posture and drapery associate it more closely with the Tralles/Cherchell type of caryatides than with the Erechtheion prototypes, thereby underscoring its primarily decorative rather than structural purpose. The statue’s archaizing hairstyle and drapery, together with other sculptural finds from Apsorus, suggest an Early Imperial date of production, most likely within the Augustan or Julio-Claudian period. The absence of a clear archaeological context precludes certainty about its original function, but its decorative role – possibly within a public building or elite residence – appears most plausible. The statue exemplifies the transmission and adaptation of classical models in provincial Roman art, reflecting Apsorus’s cultural engagement with modern metropolitan artistic trends. Prispevek obravnava marmorni ženski kip iz Osorja (Apsorus; danes Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Venezia, inv. št. 162-A), ki je bil tradicionalno poimenovan Medeja, Kariatida ali Muza-Kariatida. Figura je oblečena v hiton in diplex, njen hrbet je neobdelan, kar nakazuje, da je bila prvotno postavljena ob steno. Slogovna in ikonografska analiza tako v drži kot v draperiji kip povezujeta s kariatidami tipa Tralles/Cherchell ter ne s prototipi iz Erehtejona, kar poudarja njegovo dekorativno in ne nosilno funkcijo. Tako arhaizirajoča pričeska kot oblačilo in preostale kiparske najdbe nakazujejo njegov nastanek v zgodnjem cesarstvu, verjetno v avgustejski ali širše julijsko-klavdijski dobi. Zaradi pomanjkanja jasnega arheološkega konteksta prvotni namen kipa ni z gotovostjo določljiv, vendar se zdi njegova dekorativna vloga – morda kot okras neke javne stavbe ali razkošne zasebne vile – najverjetnejša. Kip obenem ponazarja prenos in prilagoditev klasičnih vzorov v provincialni rimski umetnosti ter odraža kulturno vpetost Apsora v sočasne umetnostne tokove metropole. Apsorus Caryatid Grimani collection Dalmatia Augustan era Apsorus kariatida zbirka Grimani Dalmacija avgustejska doba true false false Založba Univerze na Primorskem Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2026-03-09 14:21:19 2026-03-09 14:21:20 2026-04-01 10:40:36 0000-00-00 00:00:00 0 0 Koper 0 str. 109-119 no. 2 Vol. 13 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2350-5443 https://doi.org/10.26493/2350-5443.13(2)109-119 273841411 ZUP_Smid_Katarina_2025.pdf ZUP_Smid_Katarina_2025.pdf 1 189A07F33D72E8EB9D72A07651B9661A 600aceca94ef72ae72004de183f22fde1a8847dbb3ab8de3a815a9e77f8529ab 2c229715-1bbb-11f1-9e8d-005056ac49c0 https://repozitorij.upr.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=33129 https://www.hippocampus.si/ISSN/2350-5443/2-2025/2350-5443.13(2)109-119.pdf 0 2189b65c-1bbb-11f1-9e8d-005056ac49c0 https://repozitorij.upr.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=33128 Založba Univerze na Primorskem 0 0 0