LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART | MAY 3, 2009-OCTOBER 4, 2009
Pompeii and the Roman Villa: Art and Culture around the Bay of Naples
Before Mount Vesuvius erupted in the year 79, the region of Campania around the Bay of Naples was a thriving commercial and artistic center. Archaeological excavations have uncovered not only Pompeii, Herculaneum, and other towns near Vesuvius, but also the remains of luxurious seaside villas built by prominent Romans who were drawn to the bay by its beauty and thermal baths—a legacy of its volcanic geology. The bay’s popularity as a resort for vacationing Romans brought enormous wealth to the area . . . .
Mask of Silenos, Pompeii, House of the Guilded Cupids
Aphrodite (Syon House/Munich type), Rione Terra at Puteoli (Pozzuoli)
Floating maenad, Pompeii, House of the Ship
Achilles and Telephos, Herculaneum, House of the Telephos Relief
Boar Attacked by Dogs, Pompeii, House of the Citharist
Garden Scene, Pompeii, House of the Golden Bracelet
Venus (Aphrodite), Herculaneum
Relief of an Athlete with a hoop, Stabiae, Villa San Marco
Girl fastening her peplos (Peplophoros), Herculaneum, Villa dei Papiri
Panel with a Dionysiac procession, Herculaneum
Seaside villa, Stabiae
A harbor town, Stabiae
Peacock on a garden fence, Pompeii
Two table supports, Pompeii, House of Gaius Cornelius Rufus
Dionysos with kantharos and maenad, Vesuvian region/Herculaneum
Portrait of a young woman, Pompeii, House of the Citharist
Plato’s Academy, Pompeii, Villa of T. Siminius Stephanus
The Three Graces, Pompeii, Regio IV ?, Insula Occidentalis
Profile portrait of a woman, perhaps Stabiae or Herculaneum
Bowl, Vesuvian region
Patera with hunting scenes, Pompeii, House of the Menander
Dancing satyr and maenad, Pompeii, House of the Colored Capitals
Mask of maenad, Pompeii, House of the Gilded Cupids
Eruption of Vesuvius, Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes
