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The Temple of Isis at Pompeii ~ 1788

Francesco Piranesi etched this piece while Louis Jean Desprez brought the image to life with watercolours.

The ruins of Pompeii reach out through the ages.

#ClassicalReception

🏛 The Cleveland Museum of Art

@AntiquityAlex That’s tough! Sending virtual hugs

It’s #FrescoFriday and we’re celebrating with this erotic scene from Pompeii!

Found in the triclinium of the House of the Ephebe, this tableau depicts a central couple enjoying an intimate moment while others look on. The person to left plays an instrument…

It’s #FrescoFriday and we’re celebrating with this beautiful detail of a bird by a fountain.

This is part of a much larger tripartite fresco from the House of the Golden Bracelet, Pompeii.

🏛 Naples Museum

This gorgeous Maenad appears in a diaphanous dress (maybe silk!) which is as revealing as it is flowing.

She holds the distinctive thyrsus rod of Dionysus.

This Roman fresco is from the Casa del Naviglio in Pompeii.

#FrescoFriday #FannyFriday

We’re celebrating #MosaicMonday with the gorgeous Dominus Julius Mosaic from Carthage.

Dating to the late C4th–early C5th CE, the mosaic captures the daily life of the elite across three registers with a dwelling at the centre.

This piece is held in the Bardo National Museum.

It’s #FannyFriday and #FrescoFriday!

We’re celebrating these excellent things with this fresco from Pompeii’s House of Mars and Venus.

This fresco is impressive enough to inspire the name of the house in which it was found.

We’re here for #PhallusThursday with this extremely disproportionate offering from a wall fresco!

Also included: small heel wings and other accoutrements that hint at an identity of Hermes, Mercury, or a parody thereof...

It’s #FannyFriday (please, we’re Antipodean).

We’re celebrating with this absolutely gorgeous fresco of the Graces from Pompeii!

It is not lawful for a man to attend the ceremonies of the Bona Dea.

On this occasion, Caesar’s wife Pompeia led the festival, and Clodius assumed the dress and implements of a lute-girl and went to the house, looking like a woman.

~ Plut. Caesar 9.6-10.1

#JulianJuly