Capitoline Wolf

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/capitoline-wolf

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. How tall is Capitoline Wolf?1471
2. What is the artwork medium?Bronze sculpture
3. What is the subject matter?She-wolf nursing the mythical founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus
4. Who were the twins that the wolf saved?The twins are Romulus and Remus, sons of the Vestal Virgin Rhea Silvia and the god Mars.
5. Where is the Capitoline Wolf displayed?It is permanently installed in the Palazzo dei Conservatori on the Capitoline Hill in Rome.

Iconography: The visual images and symbols used in a work of art or the study or interpretation of these.
Provenance: The origin and history of ownership of an artwork or object.
Vestal Virgin: Priestesses in ancient Rome who tended the sacred fire of Vesta.
Renaissance: A period in European history (roughly 14th-16th centuries) marked by a revival of art, literature, and learning.