pinax
Sign in to saveAlso known as pinakes, πίναξ, πίνακες, πινάκιον
thumb|upright=1.4|Pinax on the south wall of the exedra in the House of the Prince of Naples in Pompeii In the modern study of the culture of ancient Greece and Magna Graecia, a pinax (Greek: πίναξ; : pinakes, πίνακες, meaning 'board') is a votive tablet of painted wood, or terracotta, marble or bronze relief that served as a votive object deposited in a sanctuary or as a memorial affixed within a burial chamber. Such pinakes feature in the classical collections of most comprehensive museums.
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- Large finds
- Etruscan art
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thumb|upright=1.4|Pinax on the south wall of the exedra in the House of the Prince of Naples in Pompeii In the modern study of the culture of ancient Greece and Magna Graecia, a pinax (Greek: πίναξ; : pinakes, πίνακες, meaning 'board') is a votive tablet of painted wood, or terracotta, marble or bronze relief that served as a votive object deposited in a sanctuary or as a memorial affixed within a burial chamber. Such pinakes feature in the classical collections of most comprehensive museums.
In the Third and Fourth Style of ancient Roman mural painting, a pinax was a painted framed picture usually in the main zone of the wall surface.