[mairdie]

This is the first of my videos of the art of Pompeii.

[mairdie]

PING to Pompeii art video

[Persevero]

Is this some sort of child abuse?

[SunkenCiv]

and Lawrence Alma-Tadema’s an old fave — his “Spring” would be apropos, i just couldn’t load any of the search hits on this machine.

[SamAdams76]

Bump for a late-night viewing.

[BunnySlippers]

Very nice.

Preparing to go again [as I live in LA] to the Getty Villa for art of Herculenium.

[Covenantor]

A rather staid depiction of the Bacchus/Dionysis cult, especially so given the wild orgiastic frescos of Pompei.

This depiction of Roman adaptation seems almost contemplative as opposed to the documented frenzied Dionysian sexual revels of the Greek Maenads, the Dionysus cult women that tended to the vineyards, harvesting the grapes and prepared the wine. The drunken promiscuous revels resulted in abandoning husbands and children and the social order to such an extent that in locations they became prohibited.

Had some lengthy discussions with a female Jungian therapist about Greek cult. We postulated that there now exists a maenad nation within our culture that is now a perpetual one removed from the seaonal harvest/wine revels of the past... ;>)

[USAF1985]

Got a fresco copy of one of those panels on my wall right now. Really great detail. I missed a chance getting to see it in person. Can’t wait to get back there and see the real thing.

[Albion Wilde]

bump for later

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I’ve got a book on some of the “forbidden art” from Pompeii.
EROS IN POMPEII.
Rather interesting!

[stuckincali]

thanx

[Captain Compassion]

Awesome as always. Thank you.

[wildbill]

Pretty sus[icious if you ask me. What are they doing with those goats and a swifter, eh? I mean how kinky is that?