"It was built illegally by private interests in the last decade of the first century B.C. [...]. Renovated in the Fourth Style after the earthquake of 62 A.D. [...]." (p.122); “The oecus is a rectangular vaulted hall six meters wide by...
"It was built illegally by private interests in the last decade of the first century B.C. [...]. Renovated in the Fourth Style after the earthquake of 62 A.D. [...]." (p.122); “The oecus is a rectangular vaulted hall six meters wide by...
Long room with high ceilings and a decorative carpet. Upholstered chairs line the wall on the right with a banister and chandeliers visible in the background. Title: New York and Vicinity. Text on left: American Scenery. Text on right: American...
Two-story oval shaped room with a decorative ceiling and a large chandelier. A large column extends from the first floor to the ceiling. Descriptive information on back of card: New York City. No. 188. Saloon, Steamer Bristol, forward. [underlined].
Long room with high ceilings and a decorative carpet. Upholstered chairs line the wall on the right with a banister and chandeliers visible in the background. A few upholstered chairs are against the left wall. Handwritten on back: [ ] Steamer...
“The large oecus (5) next to the nuptial bedchamber (4) contains the famous frieze representing the “mysteries” of the Dionysus cult that give the villa its name. The paintings here represent the initiation of a young woman into the mysteries...
Fresco detail, initiate hiding in the lap of the woman who accompanies her in the various phases of the rite. "[…] it still remains uncertain whether the subject is a woman's initiation into an Orphic or Dionysian mystery cult or rather the...
