Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Fresco of Fighters
Image View:
Overall view of curved wall fragment
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient) painter)
Location:
repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy)
Location Note:
1380 Sherbrooke Street West (exhibition location)
GPS:
45.4987-73.5801
Date:
ca. 40-79 CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
fresco (painting)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
pigment on plaster
Technique:
fresco painting (technique)
Subjects:
genre; human figure; recreation and games; festivals; Pompeii (Extinct city); athletics; wrestling; wrestlers
Description:
Part of the 2015 "Pompeii" exhibit which featured over 220 archaeological artifacts, most from the Naples National Archaeological Museum. The exhibit was designed to immerse viewers in settings of every day life in Pompeii, complete with state-of-the-art visual effects and soundscapes. Athletes competed naked and initiated battle by grabbing the opponent’s arms. In this fragment, the floor is curiously depicted far below the athletes’ feet. This detail belongs to a larger fresco painting, but unfortunately, the context is unknown. (Source: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; http://www.mmfa.qc.c a/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-PEX-FOF-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Fresco of Fighters