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Last Supper in Pompeii: Skeleton Mosaic.

This decorative mosaic which would have been set into the dining room floor in Pompeii shows a grinning skeleton holding two Askoi or wine jugs.⁠ ⁠ While putting a skeleton on your dining room floor today might seem a bit odd, for the Romans, it was completely normal. This is because the skeleton reminded them to seize the day, or 'carpe diem' as the Romans used to say.

In this dining room, the skeleton would have served as a reminder to enjoy the meal while they could. In ancient Rome, food and wine played a big part in the afterlife as well.

Collection & Credit: Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli.

#archaeology #archaeologyart #pompeii #skeleton mosaic

[michael-svetbird]

: • Allard Pierson Museum of Antiquities Overview: Collections of the University of Amsterdam @allardpierson AP Sun 21|08|22 II. . Phone cam quick snaps|vids | brief 'mobile' overview: . 👉 PART 2 . • 1-3: "The Greek Cabinet": - Attic Pottery Collection, views, vid. . • 4-5: "Greeks and Great Powers, 1000-335 BC" Room: Attic Black-figured Amphora made for Etruscan Market Upper register - Amazonomachy, Heracles, Hippolyte Ca 550 BC. . • 6-8: "Religion" Room: - Cases; - Antefix w/ the Head of a Woman, Terracotta, Etruscan, ca 550 BC. - Fragment, Woman playing the double oboe, Attic, 500-400 BC. . • 9-10: "The Hellenistic Cabinet" [Magna Grecia Room, Pottery, Sculpture inc fr. Canosa] - Views, Canosa vases. - Continued in Part 3.. . AP | MSP 21|08|22 'Mobile' Overview II. The photographed objects is the property of AP and subject to the Museum copyright. Web: https://allardpierson.nl/en . SELECTED HI-RES PHOTOS TAKEN ON PRO CAM WILL FOLLOW . . #amsterdam #allardpierson #allardpiersonmuseum #archaeologicalmuseum #historymuseum #ancientart #ancientsculpture #ancientpottery #vasepainting #archaeologyart #etruscan #etruria #attica #magnagrecia #hellenistic #ancientculture #ancient #antiquity #archaeology #arthistory #ancienthistory #mythology #amazons #art #heritage #museology #sculpturephotography #museumphotography #archaeologyphotography #michaelsvetbird @michael_sverbird ©msp @allardpierson | amsterdam 21|08|22 mobile overview II. (at Allard Pierson Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChovxyPIy8Y/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[gcmyers]

A blast from the past. This painting, "Archaeology: A New History," is the largest of 2008's "Archaeology" series and one of my favorites. #gcmyers #gcmyersart #redtree #redtreetimes #archaeology #archaeologyart #archaeologypainting #painting #art #artist #artifacts #archaeologyartifact https://www.instagram.com/p/CnSryl9v3YE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[jadeseadragon]

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Late 16th to early 17th century bronze serpent, from Southern Germany or Northern Italy.

#17th century #bronze #serpent #snake #antiques

[indigodreams]

Archaeology & Art@archaeologyart·

Golden cicada on a jade leaf, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). This sculpture was discovered in a tomb in 1954: it is the top of a hairpin, belonging to a woman of high rank. The imagery of a cicada on a leaf had a double meaning and was a high compliment paid to beautiful women. .

[itsloriel]

via archaeologyart

Roman ruins at Baalbek, Lebanon, February 1970.

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The snake god Nehebkau, Spell 87 from the Book of The Dead. Collection: British Museum, photograph via Mykola Tarasenko from @archaeologyart

#ancient Egypt #Nehebkau #book of the dead #archeology #art #silly little guy #egyptian mythology

[victusinveritas]

Bronze statuette possibly of the Roman fertility god Priapus, made in two parts (shown here in assembled and disassembled forms). This statuette has been dated to the late 1st century AD.⁣

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It was found in Rivery, in Picardy, France in 1771 and is the oldest Gallo-Roman object in the collection of the Museum of Picardy. This figurine represents the deity clothed in a "cuculus", a Gallic coat with hood, and may be an example of the Genii cucullati. This upper section is detachable and conceals a phallus.⁣

Credit: @ArchaeologyArt

#Roman_Empire

#found_in_Rivery

#roman empire #roman art #archaeology #phallus #gaul

[mirellabruno]

@archaeologyart Late 16th to early 17th century bronze serpent, from Southern Germany or Northern Italy.

#17th century #bronze #serpent

[gardenofthefareast]

Archaeology & Art@archaeologyart·

Elephant Angel by Muḥammad ibn Maḥmūd Ṭūsī.  Detail from the "Ajāyib al-makhlūqāt va-gharāyib al-mawjūdāt", Baghdad,  1388 AD. Collection: BnF, Supplément persan 332, fol. 15r.

[mitakuye-oyasinn]

Snake. Place of origin: South Germany or North Italy. Date: late 16th century-early 17th century AD. Medium: Bronze. The Wallace Collection.⁣ IG @archaeologyart

#art #serpents

[arthistoryfeed]

New design by archaeologyart: The Kiss by Gustav Klimt. This digitally created drawing is based on Gustav Klimt's 1908 painting "The Kiss". 

Available on Amazon and Redbubble (onelink): https://geni.us/klimtkiss

In 1903, Klimt traveled twice to Ravenna, where he saw the mosaics of San Vitale, whose Byzantine influence was apparent in the paintings of what would become known as his "Golden Period". After visiting Ravenna in Italy, where he saw the Byzantine mosaics by San Vitale, Klimt created “The Kiss”. It is possible to see the Byzantine influence in many of Klimt’s paintings during his "Golden Period".

The Kiss depicts an embracing couple kneeling in a grassy patch of wildflowers. Clad in a geometrically-printed robe and with a crown of vines on his head, the man cradles the woman's face as he leans in to kiss her. The female figure—whose colorful, organically patterned dress contrasts her partner's garment—wears flowers in her hair. As she wraps her arms around her partner's neck, her eyes are peacefully closed, emphasizing the tranquility and intimacy of the scene. In addition to its golden style and subject matter, The Kiss is celebrated for other details distinctive to the artist. These include the presence of contrasting patterns, a bright color scheme, and fine lines.

Gustav Klimt's The Kiss is located on the upper level of the Belvedere Museum in Vienna, Austria.

#klimt #kiss #the kiss #gustav klimt #archaeologyart #archaeostore

[michael-svetbird]

: • Allard Pierson Museum of Antiquities Overview: Collections of the University of Amsterdam @allardpierson AP Sun 21|08|22 I. . Phone cam quick snaps|vids | brief 'mobile' overview: . 👉 PART 1 . • 1: Women & Goddesses Display [+ Gorgoneion in this pic] From Greece and Magna Grecia 580-400 BC. "Religion" Room . • 2-3: 'Collectors Cabinet' Dedicated to "some of the most important collectors who helped build the Allard Pierson Museum's collections. The Museum was founded on the Scheuleer Collection, which was sold to the University of Amsterdam in 1934." . • 4-6: "Etruria" Room: [Etruscan Burial Culture] - Views; - Closeup of the Head of a Sphynx [probably] from Veli, Tuff, ca 550 BC. . • 7-8: "Greeks and Great Powers, 1000-335 BC" Room: - Attic pottery; - The Calydonian Boar Hunt: Meleager & Atalanta kill the Boar Made | found on Melos, Greece Terracotta, ca 460 BC. . • 9-10: "The Greek Cabinet": - Closeups - Attic Black-figured Amphora w/ Athena [Side A], 4 Athletes competing [Side B] Euphiletos Painter, ca 530-520 BC. [ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphiletos_Painter ] - Continued in Part 2.. . AP | MSP 21|08|22 'Mobile' Overview I. The photographed objects is the property of AP and subject to the Museum copyright. Web: https://allardpierson.nl/en . SELECTED HI-RES PHOTOS TAKEN ON PRO CAM WILL FOLLOW . . #amsterdam #allardpierson #allardpiersonmuseum #antiquities #archaeologicalmuseum #museoarcheologico #historymuseum #ancientart #ancientsculpture #ancientpottery #vasepainting #archaeologyart #etruscan #etruria #attica #magnagrecia #ancientcultures #ancient #antiquity #archaeology #arthistory #ancientworld #mythology #greekgoddess #athena #atalanta #museology #museumphotography #archaeologyphotography #michaelsvetbird @michael_sverbird ©msp @allardpierson | amsterdam 21|08|22 mobile overview I. (at Allard Pierson Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChowNqpI1C4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[jadeseadragon]

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Vessel in the Shape of an Eagle. Place of origin: Mexico, Puebla, Tlaxcala, or Oaxaca, Nahua or Mixtec Period: Late Postclassic Period Date: 1250–1521 Medium: Ceramic with pigment.⁣

#prehispanic #precolumbian #ceramics #pottery #eagle #mexico

[indigodreams]

Archaeology & Art@archaeologyart

Snail with Nautilus Shell by Jeremias Ritter, c. 1630 (German, died 1646. Medium: Nautilus shell, silver gilt. Collection: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticu

[lalulutres]

Cat with a kitten, *gargoyle-chimère on the roof of the Château de Pierrefonds, France. Built ca.1393-1407.

Credit: @archaeologyart

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