DIGITAL COLLECTIONS
Home
Collections
Browse
Search
About
Ordering reproductions
Citing sources
RSS feeds
Help
Search
Advanced Search
Find results with:
error div
Add another field
Search by date
from
after
before
on
to
Searching collections:
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection
Add or remove collections
Home
Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, Italy, interior view, Salon of the Mysteries, fresco detail,...
Reference URL
Share
Add tags
Comment
Rate
To link to this object, paste this link in email, IM or document
To embed this object, paste this HTML in website
Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, Italy, interior view, Salon of the Mysteries, fresco detail, initiate hiding in woman's lap.
View Description
Loading content ...
Description
Larger Image
Larger image may be viewed by UofL faculty, staff, and students only (log-in required using ULink username/password) at:
http://echo.louisville.edu/login?url=http://vrc-web.louisville.edu/Jpegs/760/761-27.jpg
Title
Villa
of the
Mysteries
,
Pompeii
,
Italy
,
interior
view
,
Salon
of the
Mysteries
,
fresco
detail
,
initiate
hiding
in
woman's
lap
.
Cultural Context
Ancient Roman
Italian
European
Western European
Style/Period
Roman (ancient Italian style)
Second Style
Theme
Architecture (object genre)
Buildings
Villas
Houses
Atrium houses
Courtyard houses
Peristyle houses
Dwellings
Domus
Interior views
Rooms
Oeci
Reception rooms
Salons (rooms for entertaining)
Triclinia (rooms)
Dining rooms
Interior walls
Walls
Friezes (ornamental areas)
Paintings (visual works)
Frescoes (paintings)
Mural paintings (visual works)
Storytelling
Narrative (artistic device)
Narratives (document genres)
Scenes (depictions)
Rites of passage
Rituals (events)
Initiations
Ceremonies
Cults
Figurative art
Figures (representations)
Profiles (figures)
Women
Nudity
Drapery (representations)
Detail views
Subject
Architecture
Buildings
Houses
Dwellings
Residential facilities
Interiors
Rooms & spaces
Reception rooms
Salons (Social spaces)
Dining rooms
Walls
Friezes (Ornamental bands)
Paintings
Murals
Storytelling
Rites & ceremonies
Initiation rites
Cults
Women
Hiding
Details
Description
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
performance
of a
drama
connected
to
episodes
in the
life
of
Dionysus.
"
(Excerpt
from
text
,
p
.
357)
.
Note
: The
Villa
of the
Mysteries
is
categorized
as
Fourth
Style
(c
.
50
A.D
. to
79
A.D.)
in the
Table
of
Contents
; the
frescoes
in the
triclinium
salon
are
referred
to as "
second-style
decoration
": "The
major
fascination
of the
villa
is
undoubtedly
the
second-style
decoration
in the
luxurious
triclinium
salon
with its
megalographic
frieze
and
extremely
elegant
floor
in
palombino
tiles
bordered
with
slate
strips.
"
(Excerpt
from
text
,
p
.
356)
Location Depicted
Pompeii (Extinct city)
Italy
Material
Paint
Technique
Fresco painting (technique)
Painting (image-making)
Mural painting (activity)
Work Type
Architecture
Buildings
Houses
Dwellings
Rooms & spaces
Oeci
Reception rooms
Triclinia (rooms)
Dining rooms
Paintings
Frescoes (paintings)
Murals
Mural paintings (visual works)
Details
Source
Coarelli, Filippo, ed. Pompeii. Trans. Patricia A. Cockram. New York: Riverside Book, 2002. (p.[355]).
Rights
© MAGNUS EDIZIONI SpA, Udine, Italy. Photograph reproduced in Coarelli courtesy: Alfredo and Pio Foglia, Naples.
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format
image/jpeg
Digital File Name
VRC
761-27.jpg
Rating
Tags
Add tags
for Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, Italy, interior view, Salon of the Mysteries, fresco detail, initiate hiding in woman's lap.
View as list
|
View as tag cloud
|
report abuse
Comments
Post a Comment
for
Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, Italy, interior view, Salon of the Mysteries, fresco detail, initiate hiding in woman's lap.
Your rating was saved.
you wish to report:
Your comment:
Your Name:
Submit
Cancel
...
Back to top
Select the collections to add or remove from your search
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
Select All Collections
A
African American Oral History Collection
Ainslie Hewett Bookplate Collection
André Jeunet Collection
Arthur Younger Ford (1861-1926) photograph albums
August 2009 Flood Collection
C
Caufield & Shook Collection
Claude C. Matlack Collection
Collection List
D
Dwight Anderson Music Library Collection
F
Furnas Family Album Collection (ca. 1887-1910)
G
General Orlando M. Poe Collection, 1836-1890
Ghost Signs of Louisville
H
Herald-Post Collection
Hite Institute Exhibition Catalogs
Howard Steamboat Museum Collection
I
Images of Kentucky and Environs
J
Jean Thomas, The Traipsin' Woman, Collection
John P. Morton & Co. Woodblock Collection
K
Kate Matthews (1870-1956) Collection
Kentucky Maps
Kornhauser Health Sciences Library History Collections
L
Law Library Collection
Leonard Brecher Tobacco & Chewing Gum Card Collection
Louisville Leader Collection
Louisville Storefronts & Saloons Album
M
Macauley's Theatre Collection
Manuscript Leaves
Metropolitan Sewer District Collection
O
Owen postcard collection
R
R. G. Potter Collection
Romano L. Mazzoli Oral History Collection
Royal Photo Company Collection
S
Simmons College of Kentucky Collection
Stereographic views of Louisville and beyond, 1850s - 1930
U
University of Louisville Electronic Theses & Dissertations
University of Louisville Yearbooks
U of L Images
V
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection
500
You have selected:
1
OK
Cancel