2 apr 62 anni - Pentheus Room
(House of the Vettii)
Descrizione:
Date: 62 CE~ 79 Ce
Artist: unkown
Medium: Fresco
Location: Pompeii, Italy
Function:
- Room in the House of the Vettii
- Triclinium: dinning room in a roman house
- main scene is the death of the Greek hero Pentheus
- Pentheus opposed the cult of bacchus and was torn to pieces by women, including his mother, in a Bacchic frency; two women pulling at his hair in this image
Form:
- architecture seen through painted windows
- imaginary landsacpe
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