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The best preserved ancient theater in the world.
Aspendos Theatre, Antalya/TURKEY
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"Oscar Wilde said that if you know what you want to be, then you inevitably become it–that is your punishment, but if you never know, then you can be anything. There is a truth to that. We are not nouns, we are verbs . I am not a thing–an actor, a writer– I am a person who does things– I write, I act – And I never know what I'm going to do next. I think you can be imprisoned if you think of yourself as a noun."
–Stephen Fry
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Rex Harrison & Julie Andrews. My Fair Lady, London, 1958.
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Bronze statue of Germanicus, now part of the Torlonia collection. The original statue was found in pieces and restored and patinated to the current condition.
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“Augustus as Jupiter Capitolinus”, (45-50 CE). Head is modern work by Filippo Tagliolini (1745—1809). National Archaeological Museum, Naples. marble
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The Madonna at the Fountain (1439) by Jan Van Eyck (c. 1390-1441), oil on panel, 19 x 12 cm, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp ©www.lukasweb.be -Art in Flanders Photo: Hugo Maertens
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Glazed bricks depicting a Persian archer, dating back to around 510 BCE, from the city of Susa in the Achaemenid Empire. This glazed brick bas-relief style was perfected in Babylon, and even the Foundation Charter of the Susa palace states that the baked bricks at the palace were the work of the Babylonians. Louvre Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Photo by Babylon Chronicle
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ROMAN SKYPHOI
The skyphos is a Greek, two-handled drinking cup with a low foot. In the 1st century BC, Roman metalworkers perfected the art of repoussé hammering, which allowed them to create detailed, high-relief forms in complex groupings.
The subject matter of the skyphoi varied from mythology (Bacchus being a predictable favorite) and poetry to politics and philosophy. The erudite imagery reflected the owner’s elevated taste. When used for toasting at formal dinner parties, the subjects depicted on the skyphoi served as conversation starters for guests.
As they were clearly highly prized for their fine craftsmanship and metallic value, when not in use, the cups were often prominently displayed. Several of the most famous examples to have survived were included in hoardes of sumptuous silver, such as the Boscoreale and Berthouville treasures, buried in antiquity for safekeeping.
The patrons of the skyphoi were largely of the patrician/senatorial class, although very wealthy merchants and equites could afford them, too. At the other end of the social scale, the silversmiths were either slaves or freedmen. The cenotaph of the freedman, P. Curtilius Plagatus, identifies him as faber argentarius and represents him hammering a silver cup.
The J. Paul Getty Museum produced this five-minute video on the making of a Roman silver skyphos.
1. Centaur Cup, Gallo-Roman, Berthouville Treasure, 2nd-3rd Century AD, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Cabinet des Médailles.
2. Garland Skyphos, c. 50-25 BC, Malibu, Getty Villa.
3. Cheirisophos, Skyphos with Scenes from the Iliad, Hoby Treasure, c. AD 10, Copenhagen, Nationalmuseet.
4. Skyphos with olive-garland decoration, Boscoreale Treasure, c. 10 BC, Paris, Musée du Louvre
5. Skyphos with Triumph of Tiberius, Boscoreale Treasure, c. 10 BC, Paris, Musée du Louvre.
6. Skyphos with Bacchic Scenes, c. AD 30, Boston, Museum of Fine Arts.
7. Grapevine skyphos, 1st c AD, Private Collection.
8. Skyphos with Cupids, c. AD 25, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
9. Skyphos with Labours of Hercules, c. AD 40, Napoli, Museo Archeologico Nazionale.
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Mercury. 1834. Francois Rude French 1784-1855. bronze. Louvre. http://hadrian6.tumblr.com
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Eugène Atget - Versailles, Fontaine de Diane 1902
Source: moma.org
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