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Wall Painting with Garlands and Objects Related to Dionysiac Rites
Wall Painting with Garlands and Objects Related to Dionysiac Rites
Roman, Late Republican, ca. 50-40 B.C.
From the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale
In this superb fresco from Room L, the exedra, of the villa at Boscoreale, decorated bulls' heads (bucrania) support a sumptuous garland of laurel leaves, pomegranates, sheaths of wheat, and pinecones. Satyr masks, bells, and so-called cistae mysticae (sacred baskets) with writhing snakes emerging from them hang from delicate red ribbons. The masks, musical instruments, and especially the cistae mysticae are all references to Dionysus/Bacchus, the god of wine, fertility, and exuberant joie de vivre.
Wall Painting with Garlands and Objects Related to Dionysiac Rites
Wall Painting with Garlands and Objects Related to Dionysiac Rites
Roman, Late Republican, ca. 50-40 B.C.
From the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale
In this superb fresco from Room L, the exedra, of the villa at Boscoreale, decorated bulls' heads (bucrania) support a sumptuous garland of laurel leaves, pomegranates, sheaths of wheat, and pinecones. Satyr masks, bells, and so-called cistae mysticae (sacred baskets) with writhing snakes emerging from them hang from delicate red ribbons. The masks, musical instruments, and especially the cistae mysticae are all references to Dionysus/Bacchus, the god of wine, fertility, and exuberant joie de vivre.