Roman statues of gods in Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
1: Marble statue of Aphrodite, Dresden-Capitoline style, a Roman copy made 140-160 AD after a Greek original 300-200 BC.
2. Marble statue of Antinous as Bacchus, 2nd century AD.
3. Roman copy of the Athena Parthenos.
4. Roman statue of a river deity (the Nile?), 2nd century AD.
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2 silver cups, part of the so-called Boscoreale treasure, buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius.
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Mosaic of sea creatures (the so-called "Fish Catalog") from the House of the Geometric Mosaics (VIII.2.16) at Pompeii. Artist unknown; ca. 100 BCE. Now in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples. Photo credit: Massimo Finizio.
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Roman Glass Bowl
1st century B.C.
The J. Paul Getty Museum.
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Bronze statuette of a dog
Roman
2nd-3rd century CE
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Head from a bronze statue of the Roman emperor Alexander Severus (222-235 AD) from Ryakia, Archaeologica Museum, Dion
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Menelaus Carrying the Body of Patroclus or Ajax Carrying the Body of Achilles, 1st century AD, Roman copy after a Hellenestic bronze (ca. 200-150 BC), with modern restorations, marble, Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence.
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When you think of ancient Greece or the Roman Empire, visions of white togas, ivory temples and sand-coloured amphitheatres likely come to mind.
If so, you might be in for a surprise.
Because this off-white and eggshell-dominated palette, which inspired the pristine surfaces of Renaissance sculptures and the blank facades of Neoclassical buildings, is… a lie.
We now know the ancient world was steeped in colour. It was, perhaps, a tad too colourful for our modern sensibilities — even borderline garish at times.
Click here to learn why generations of scholars and artists believed in a monochrome Classical Antiquity and see historically accurate reconstructions of ancient statues and buildings in all their glorious peacockery.
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Roman marble statue of Dionysus (Bacchus), God of wine, patron of wine making.
Roman copy of a Greek original of late 4th century BC.
from The Collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg
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Head of Oceanus, detail of a mosaic from Baths of Themetra near Sousse, beginning of the 3rd century AD, Sousse Archaeological Museum, Tunisia
By: Carole Raddato (CC)
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Medusa from Ipogeo dei Cristalli, naples, IT
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The ancient city of Pompeii, Italy
On the first photo is the house of Paquius Proculus.
On the last photo is the fullonica of Stephanus, a laundry worker who used the house as his workshop.
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Ancient Necklace with Mosaic Glass Beads, from the Eastern Mediterranean, c.100 BCE-100 CE: this necklace is composed of 30 glass beads, most of which are decorated with stylized faces
From the John Paul Getty Museum:
The beads are made of multi-colored opaque glass and are decorated with heads and floral designs. The necklace is in good condition; some beads are chipped or cracked.
The exact origin of this piece is unknown, but it can be traced back to the Eastern Mediterranean, where it was likely made by a Greek or Roman artist.
Each bead has a width of about 1.2cm (roughly half an inch); they're decorated with remarkably intricate details, and each face is depicted in its own unique style.
Sources & More Info:
John Paul Getty Museum: Necklace with Mosaic Glass Beads
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Mummy portrait (wax encaustic on sycamore wood) of a girl, from the Fayum region of Egypt. Artist unknown; ca. 120-150 CE (reign of Hadrian or Antoninus Pius). Now in the Liebieghaus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Photo credit: Carole Raddato.
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