ANCIENT ROMAN FRESCOS IN THE LUPANAR (POMPEII)
Found during recent excavations in the central district of the city, the painted dwelling also exemplifies a shift in Roman building styles. The small space doesn’t include an atrium, which was a common feature in wealthy Pompeian homes, per astatem...
The importance of the Roman agora as Athens’ main oil market during the Roman period is also reinforced by the inscription bearing Hadrian’s olive oil law on the doorway of the agora which outlined taxes and fines for false declarations of the production, export, or sale of olive oil there...
In sum, the range of samples is confined to only about 200 years out of the about 900 years of Roman history, and of provincial and decorative painting. Most of this wall painting was done using the secco (dry) method, but some fresco paintings also existed in Roman times. There is evi...
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Fresco from Pompeii On April the twenty-third came the festival of Vinalia Priora to celebrate wine production. This festival was originally connected with Jupiter, the King of the Gods. However, Vinalia later came to be associated with Venus in her capacity as an agricultural deity or goddess ...
Archaeologists have found a fresco in an ancient Pompeii bedroom that depicts a sensual scene of the Roman god Jupiter, disguised as a swan, and a legendary queen of Sparta from Greek mythology. The figure of Leda being impregnated by the god in swan form was a fairly common home decoration...
authorities handed over to Italian counterparts in September, include "The Marble Head of Athena," worth an estimated $3 million, and a fresco stolen from Herculaneum, an ancient Roman city near Pompeii. Aside from their commercial value, the recovered artworks are of "priceless importance" ...
ROME, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- A rare fresco depicting a sensual scene re-emerged on a wall of a sumptuous Roman house during consolidation works in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, south of Naples, the Archaeological Park authorities announced on Monday. ...
belief in the afterlife which in many ways is more reminiscent of the Orient and Egyptians than the classical-Roman. The structure of society and its religious beliefs is most vivid in the frescos and funerary paintings to be seen in locations such as Tarquinia (an hour or so north of ...