#arth332

[thecrankyprofessor]

Triton, from a statue group centering on a portrait of Commodus as Hercules. 190 CE.  Musei Capitolini.

I’ve always wondered about the scattering of what look like maple leafs on the torso of the two tritons (there’s a corresponding one on the other side of Commodus), but evidently it was a standard iconography for “triton.” Click and see - tagged/triton

#triton #Roman sculpture #commodus #mine #arth332

[thecrankyprofessor]

The MACELLUM, Pompeii - plan, an iffy 1899 reconstruction (the columns look too skinny for my taste) and in relation to the Forum - upper right corner, greyed out. The Macellum was a market - some think a produce market, some think more wholesale than retail.

#Macellum #Macellum of Pompeii #Pompeii #Roman architecture #roman urban planning #roman city planning #arth332

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A niched wall at the Baths of Caracalla, Rome. This sort of wall treatment of alternating arched and square-top niches is common after 200 - each niche would have held a statue.

#mine #Roman architecture #Severan dynasty #Roman baths #Thermae #Baths of Caracalla #Caracalla #arth332

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Above: Roman Cage Cup, Corning Museum of Glass 87.1.1 Overall Diam (max): 12.2 cm; Cup H: 7.4 cm; Metal Collar H: 0.5, Diam: 11 cm, Th: 0.1 cm; Hook and Loop: 17 cm; Looped Elements: 18.8 cm probably 300–399 Purchased with funds from the Arthur Rubloff Residuary Trust

Below: Cage cup replica in process, Corning Museum of Glass 89.2.22. Artist: George D. Scott.

#Roman Cups #cage cup #CMOG #arth332

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The Baths of Caracalla - reconstructions

#Baths of Caracalla #Caracalla #Thermae #Roman Baths #Rome #Roma #arth332 #Roman color #color reconstructions

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Copper coin of Elagabalus, 218-222 Obverse: Radiate bust of Elagabalus, wearing paludamentum and cuirass Reverse: Three Graces Minted in Gadara

1985,0812.1

#Elagabalus #Severan dynasty #Roman numismatics #Three Graces #arth332

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Rome, House of the Vestals and Temple of Vesta (reconstructed).

#Forum Romanum #Vesta #House of the Vestals #Temple of Vesta #mine #arth332

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 Temple of Isis, Pompeii, 1st C AD.

I’m reading Jörg Rüpke, Pantheon: A New History of Roman Religion, 2018. Really excellent.

#Isis #Roman Egypt #Roman Egyptomania #Roman Isis #Pompeii #mine #arth332

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Augustus of Primaporta, after 20 BC. I’m not sure whose color reconstruction this is.

#Augustus #Augustus of Primaporta #Musei Vaticani #Villa of Livia #arth332 #lorica musculata #roman color #color reconstructions #ancient color

[thecrankyprofessor]

Augustus of the Via Labicana - prepared to sacrifice. Priests flipped the toga up over their heads for sacrifice. Palazzo Massimo, Rome.

#Augustus #Augustus of the Via Labicana #mine #arth332 #roman religion

[thecrankyprofessor]

Gilded bronze head of Alexander the Great - from a statuette. Museo Nazionale Romano Palazzo Massimo al Terme, inv. 661. From the Museo Kircheriano. The Palazzo Massimo thinks 2nd C. AD

#Roman art #Alexander the Great #arth332 #mine

[thecrankyprofessor]

Here’s a case of cinerary urns and boxes at the Met. I rather like the cinerary urn in the form of a wicker basket! The label dates it to the Augustan era, and suggests urns like this were particularly popular for female cremains. They think it represents a weaving basket - woman’s work. Augustus was especially happy to have his wife, Livia, and daughter, Julia, weaving to show what a traditional household his was.

37.129a,b (I guess b is the lid)

#Met #cinerary urn #cinerary box #funerary art #Roman funerary art #arth332 #mine #Roman women #Livia

[thecrankyprofessor]

into the Velabro

#mine #Velabro #San Giorgio in Velabro #Arch of Janus #quadrifons arch #4th Century Architecture #Late Antiquity #Rome #Roma #Midterm #Forum Boarium #hwsromespring2018 #quadrifons #arth332

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 Bearded Bacchus/Dionysus, labeled as a copy of a “workshop of Praxiteles” original. M.C. inv. 3035, Luni marble. Museo Centrale Montemartini - I always love the weird juxtaposition of electricity generating equipment and ancient art.

#Bacchus #Dionysus #Bearded Dionysus #Museo Centrale Montemartini #Rome #Roma #mine #Roman Art #arth332

[thecrankyprofessor]

A beautiful base - possibly a plinth for a statue - Augustan period. The Museum thinks perhaps a statue of Hercules, given the find site along the Tiber near Castel SantAngelo.

#plinths #Roman art #bucrania #palazzo massimo #mine #arth332

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Empress Livia’s Garden Room from the villa at Primaporta - now at the Museo Palazzo Massimo. 

I sometimes think this is my favorite painting in the world - certainly it’s my favorite Roman wall painting.

#Livia #Augustus #Rome #Roma #Museo Nazionale Romano - Palazzo Massimo. #Palazzo Massimo #mine #fresco #Roman Art #Roman Painting #arth332 #cryptoporticus