#ancient art

[lionofchaeronea]

A seated goddess before a procession of seahorses. Mycenaean gold ring, artist unknown; 15th cent. BCE. From Tiryns; now in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens. Photo credit: Zde/Wikimedia Commons.

#classics #tagamemnon #Ancient Greece #Mycenaean Greece #Aegean Bronze Age #art #art history #ancient art #Greek art #Ancient Greek art #Aegean art #Bronze Age art #Mycenaean art #ring #jewelry #jewellery #metalwork #gold #goldwork #NAM Athens

[ancientcharm]

Wall painting from the House of the Vestals. Pompeii (IV, 1, 7)

Phantastic theatrical architecture with single figures; in the large yellow field a picture showing the myth of Narcissus admiring his reflection in a water surface and Eros standing by. Fourth style of pompeian wall painting (Napoli, Museo Archeologico Nazionale)  Inv. 9701.

By: ArchaiOptix / CC BY-SA 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

#pompeii wall painting #ancient art #mythological painting #pompeii #archaelogical museum #pompei #pompeii fresco #CC BY-SA #pompeya #fresco #wall painting

[goldentangerines]

every now and then i have to think of the roman family from two thousand years ago that buried their little daughter in a boy's athletic-themed sarcophagus and i weep a little because that's the softest declaration of love i can possibly imagine

#gremlin speaks #archaeology #ancient rome #classics #roman archaeology #ancient art #art history #art #sarcophagus #academics #academia #roman history #rome #families #peoplehood #love #family

[theancientworld]

Bronze newborn puppy

332-30 BC

Of Greek or Roman craftsmanship, discovered in Rome

The Walters Art Museum

#ancient art #ancient rome #ancient greece #history #ancient #ancient history #antiquity

[goldalarm]

Qued Djaret, Algeria. 7-2000 BCE

#cackling #rock art #cave art #ancient art #look ngl i'm posting this because i'm a child and still think depictions of sex are funny #but mostly because all you ever see in cave art is hands and antelope

[1five1two]

Hippopotamus. Egyptian. 2040-1638 BC.

#art #ancient art #egypt #hippopotamus #animals

[andante-weatherwax]

Fresco from the House of the Golden Bracelet, Pompeii.

#ancient art #pompeii

[thesorceresstemple]

Venus from the sea 🐚

Torso of the Goddess Venus Anadyomene, Faience, Egyptian blue.

Greco Roman period, ca 30 BC 300 AD

#ancient art #ancient #archeology #ancient civilization #Venus #goddess #priestess #sorceress #femalebody #faience #Ancient Greece #Ancient Greek art #Greco Roman statue

[doubtspirit]

Spirals in ancient cultures (part 3). From left to the right, from top to bottom: Maya, Mexico - Sedona, Arizona - Maya, Mexico - Jomon, Japan - Hohokam, Tuscon, Arizona - Jomon, Japan - Viking, Oseberg, Norway - Etruscan, Italy - Viking, Oseberg, Norway

#spirals #maya #mexico #sedona #arizona #jomon #japan #tuscon #hohokam #viking #oseberg #norway #oslo #etruscan #italy #history #ancient art #ancientart #ancient #ancient culture #mupl

[heaveninawildflower]

Glass mosaic plaque fragment with floral motifs (Roman, Egyptian late 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D).

Deep cobalt blue ground, appearing black; decoration in opaque white, yellow, and red, and other colours. Plants include a poppy seed head and an ear of wheat.

Glass, fused sections; cast.

Image and text information courtesy The Met.

#mosaic #Roman #1st century B.C #ancient art #ancient history #egypt

[blueiskewl]

Ancient Roman Mosaic Found in Croatia

A Roman mosaic has been revealed under a narrow street in the Old Town of the Adriatic island of Hvar, Croatia. The elaborate geometric mosaic floor dates to the 2nd century A.D. and was part of a luxurious Roman villa urbana.

The street is being excavated prior to water and sewage work, but this is the second bite at the apple. In 1923, the site was opened to build a canal for rainwater drainage and the remains of the villa were discovered two feet below street level. The finds were eventually covered with slabs and reburied to protect them from water penetration.

The installation of the water drainage system was not completed after the 1923 excavation and increasing problems with penetration from ambient moisture and rising sea levels threaten the survival of the ancient remains of Roman Pharia in Hvar’s historic Old Town. Residents would like to see the mosaic remain in situ, covered with plexiglass so it can be protected and enjoyed at the same time, but the sea has risen by a foot and a half since the mosaic was created and the street is no longer dry land. The new water pipe installation is still happening too, and they will be just a few inches above the mosaic.

Archaeologists are currently excavating 14 other spots next to the mosaic site, looking for other remains from the villa urbana, other mosaics and any archaeological evidence that might identify the structure, or at least define it as a public or private building. When excavations are complete, officials will have a better idea of what steps to take next.

Right now the plan proposed by the archaeologists of the Museum of the Old Town is to raise the mosaic and transport it to the museum for long-term conservation and eventual display. They’ll replace it with a replica that can be walked on without damage. That proposed solution has to be approved by conservators and heritage officials from Split.

#Ancient Roman Mosaic Found in Croatia #ancient artifacts #archeology #archeolgst #history #history news #ancient history #ancient culture #ancient civilizations #roman culture #roman empire #art #artist #art work #art news #ancient art

[thesilicontribesman]

Detailing from 'The Anglo-Saxon' (2012) by Andy Edwards, The Potteries Museum and Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

#anglosaxonart #anglo saxon burial #anglo saxon #anglo-saxon warrior #archaeology #ancient living #ancient culture #ancient craft #ancient art #symbols #statue #artwork #design #history #historical #relic #chainmail #staffordshire #staffordshire hoard

[theancientworld]

Earrings with cow heads

Greek, 5th century BCE (Late Archaic-Classical)

The Walters Art Museum

#ancient art #ancient greece #history #ancient #ancient history #ancient jewelry #antiquity

[ancientcharm]

Lararium with wall painting; goddess Minerva sitting on throne, and Agathodaemon / Genius Loci snake at altar with offerings (food).

Pompeii, Parco Archeologico, Antiquarium 63688. 

By ArchaiOptix, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

#pompeii wall painting #mythological painting #pompeii #lararium #pompeii fresco #pompeya #Ancient Rome #ancient art #wall painting #fresco #CC BY-SA #do no remove credits

[1five1two]

Roman mosaic: Reclining skeleton with the caption 'Know Thyself', c. 4th century AD. Now on display at the Baths of Diocletian in Rome, Italy.

#ancient art #Roman #mosaic #figure

[antoniettabrandeisova]

The Three graces Relief, Protomoteca, Palazzo Senatorio, Musei capitolini via adrianovero on Flickr

#She's lovely #art #sculpture #ancient art #madame #Musei capitolini #rome #Italy #Città del Vaticano #Vatican city #artedit

[marcvscicero]

baboon ointment jar. ~1800-1550 BCE. egypt, middle kingdom.

#tagamemnon #ancient art #ancient egypt #i

[synop]

Bull figurines, 6th millennium BC, discovered in Northeast Bulgaria

#upload #history #prehistory #sculpture #ancient art #bulgaria #they are so cute!!!

[lionofchaeronea]

Head (porphyritic diorite) of an ancient Egyptian cow goddess, perhaps Hathor or Mehetweret. Artist unknown; ca. 1390-1352 BCE (reign of Amenhotep III, 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom). Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

#art #art history #ancient art #Egypt #Ancient Egypt #Egyptian religion #Ancient Egyptian religion #Hathor #Mehetweret #sculpture #stonework #diorite #carving #18th Dynasty #New Kingdom #Metropolitan Museum of Art

[cupofmeat]

Embroidered Border Fragment

4th century B.C.

Paracas

#textile #ancient art