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Fresco


Fresco of Apollo playing the kithara

young man seated with chest exposed holding a mid-sized harp
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    Online Resources
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    Associated Passages
    4.19
    Subjects
    Pliny
    Type
    Image
    License
    Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike
    Properties
    Date
    1st century AD
    Culture
    Roman
    Medium
    Fresco
    Location
    Museum of the Forum Romanum, Rome
    Image Credit
    World History Encyclopedia

    Diana hunting, detail of a fresco from the Via Livenza hypogeum

    Diana stands (foreground center) in a forest flanked by two deer in the background. She holds a bow in her left hand and reaches over her shoulder to draw an arrow from her quiver with her right hand. She is dressed in a knee length tunic and calf-high boots.
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      Diana hunting. Fresco form the hypogeum of via Livenza, Rome. Image by Sailko via Wikimedia Commons.

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      Wikimedia Commons
      Sovrintendenza Roma
      Associated Passages
      895-918
      Properties
      Date
      c. 350 CE
      Medium
      Fresco
      Location
      Hypogeum of the via Livenza, Rome
      Image Credit
      Sailko (Wikimedia Commons)

      Pentheus and the Maenads, detail of a fresco from the House of the Vettii

      Pentheus half-kneeling (center) is held by two maenads. The left maenad grabs his hair raising a thyrsus in her right hand. The second maenad (right) holds Pentheus by his left arm. Behind Pentheus a third maenad raises a rock above her head preparing to strike him. Two more maenads appear in the upper right and left hand corners.
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        Pentheus being torn apart by Maenads. Roman fresco from the northern wall of the triclinium in the Casa dei Vettii, Pompeii. Pompeii Archaeological Park (Parco Archeologico di Pompei) VI 15,1.

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        Wikimedia Commons
        Parco Archeologico di Pompei
        Associated Passages
        125-136
        Properties
        Date
        1st cen. BCE
        Medium
        Fresco
        Location
        Pompeii Archaeological Park
        Image Credit
        Wikimedia Commons

        Wall painting from Boscoreale

        Wall painting from Boscoreale
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          Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale

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          Image Source
          License
          Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs
          Properties
          Date
          ca. 50–40 B.C.
          Culture
          Roman
          Medium
          Fresco
          Dimensions
          Overall: 69 x 76in. (175.3 x 193cm)
          Location
          Metropolitan Museum, New York
          Image Credit
          Metropolitan Museum of Art
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