Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART: Ariadne and Dionysus with Flying Drapery
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Ariadne and Dionysus with Flying Drapery
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Alternate Title:
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Couple in Flight
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Image View:
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Detail, figures seem to float or fly
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Creator:
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unknown (Roman (ancient))
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Location:
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repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 9136
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Location Note:
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Piazza Museo Nazionale, 19; Room LXXVII
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GPS:
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+40.8534+14.2505
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Date:
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ca. 15 BCE-45 CE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
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Style Period:
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Imperial (Roman); Third Style
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Work Type 1:
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fresco (painting)
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Classification:
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painting
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Material:
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pigment on plaster
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Technique:
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fresco painting (technique)
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Measurements:
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40 cm (height) x 41 cm (width)
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Description:
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These figures, isolated on the wall with flying drapery, are similar to the four Third Style frescoes inspired by fourth century BCE figures depicting Leda, Flora (inv. 8834, both on a green background), and Diana, Medea (both on a blue background) on panels situated in the middle zone of the walls of a cubiculum of the Villa Arianna, Stabiae (4.5 km southwest of Pompeii). All are painted with light colors over a darker colored background, as is this. With their garments blown up by the wind, Ariadne goes down from the sky with her divine bridegroom, Dionysys, his head crowned by a little crown and his typical staff, or thyrsus, in his left hand, on a black background. (Source: Naples National Archaeological Museum [website]; http://cir.campania.beniculturali.it/museoarcheologiconazionale)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-R-NAM-WF-A04
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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