"Dionysus of the Mysteries map"
[Name] the Mysteries of Dionysus map
[Category] murals
[Years] of about 50 BC
[Originally] Rome, Pompeii
[Introduction]
Greece kept this little murals, frescoes, however, the Roman ruins many. As early as in the Roman republican period, the upper social strata accumulated enormous wealth, so, Pursues the desire to enjoy life has been greatly expanded. According to the 1st century BC Roman architect Vitruvius memories of Rome as a private villa temporary bamboo shoots after the rain, from cities to the countryside, built around the design tends to be diverse, artificial villa gardens, fountains, pavilions, statues , pool, etc., almost all the villas essential facilities; indoor murals, has become a major residential construction project. To the 1st century AD, the murals of a variety of styles, a few rich and powerful of the inner chamber, also painted erotic art, do luxury pleasure conflict. Italy Pompeii frescoes, murals of Rome can provide us with a basic look.
The murals not only in Rome and Pompeii in one place, but in Rome, Pompeii painting can glimpse the whole picture. This coastal city near Naples, had 82 BC was occupied Rome guide Sura, As the war progressed, the city placed a number of extended active duty soldiers, where they later switch to Latin, in fact Pompeii has become the Roman territory. 1st century AD, due to natural conditions, the nobility of Rome, where arrangements are yearning to old age, where many wealthy people in the construction of the villa. Pompeii in AD 63 earthquake, suffered heavy losses; 16 years later, Vesuvius suddenly erupted, ejected lava once to a few kilometers south of Pompeii and Herculaneum foot of the mountain city, even people buried alive with things to 8 meters to 30 meters under falling rock and mortar.
Pompeii excavations until the 18th century, the 1940s began, to the 19th century, the use of science and the new law can be fully excavated, and now has built a museum store on the ground that the history of civilization from the ground. This excavation has also not interrupted. Pompeii murals than any other region has been able to save, no good, the reason why. Research for understanding the ancient Roman frescoes of Pompeii painting has great meaning. According to all known murals to identify the style, the frescoes of Pompeii can be divided into four categories. Due to limited picture, we are here only in the second category-style villa frescoes, that is the city of Pompeii villa in a secret ritual, "Dionysus Mysteries map."
"Dionysus of the Mysteries map" (local map) Dionysus Mysteries map, is used for worship of a mural in the villa, which may then pass from the Greeks, a Roman the kind of secret religious groups. Hall in this room, are full of ancient Greeks worshiped Dionysus and the image. Started in the middle of the wall, the upper and lower ends of the painted pattern, the middle is a large number of people, was arranged horizontally, the characters strong plot: a Dionysus and his wife, the goddess with wings, as well as half-human Half the sheep-shaped Sati children, etc.; which participate in the mysterious cult wine mortal instrument, there are young girls, old woman, children and so on. This secret is probably to go through some kind of ritual sacrifice painful physical trials, considered by. The performance of this ceremony is also painting the whole process. Figure on the left is the new woman from the first girl to join secret ceremony, followed by mothers with a child to attend, and then after holding for the material girl. On a near corner, a girl (see local map) pull the clothes draped over the body, that fear; corner of the wall is the first one to an elderly man is binge drinking, binge drinking by the so-called Sa mention children. There are wonderful pieces of the image is not in this chart, there are beatings, torture and dance of the nude image, one dressed in a flowing yellow cape red and white, seems to have passed the required test. In front of a girl, you naked before God volt burst into tears, her disheveled hair, that she has been a period of physical suffering.
Mural on the ground with green, scarlet background, a certain distance intervals to dark brown and black painted vertical-shaped pattern, as a sign of the interval. |
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