As promised - short thread for #NationalArchaeologicalMuseum Stunning not just in scale and scope of objects and artifacts but, from tiniest pieces of jewellery to colossal statues, the incredible preservation and exquisite craftsmanship. A truly jaw dropping experience. Top 3 world renowned objects
Flora (fresco) 1st century AD Naples
National Archaeological Museum
(Provenance: Villa di Arianna, Stabiae)
#Flora #Naples #Art #NationalArchaeologicalMuseum
STILL LIFE WITH SEAFOOD, 42-79 CE. MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO NAZIONALE DI NAPOLI This is the central panel of three still lifes from the House of the Deer in Herculaneum. This one has a beautifully-observed collection of crustaceans grouped around a silver ewer with a relief on it. At left is a splendid king prawn, huge like a lobster but lacking its claws, and on a shelf above it two calamari hang their tentacles limply down. A couple of clams on the ground level look rather enticing. At right, there are more clams and two murex conches, all splendidly painted. The ewer at centre seems to have figures and arms in relief on it, with a long thin trident leaning behind it from left to right. Surveying it all from the top of the ewer's handle is a bird, possibly a kingfisher, which is likely wondering where to start its feast.
#FrescoFriday leads us into the #NationalArchaeologicalMuseum of #Naples, which conserves this spectacular #stilllife #fresco from an #œcus or living room, perhaps meant to whet the viewers' appetites. Get the food before the natural predators do! #ClassicsBluesky 🏺
Exterior of the museum, all columns, blue sky and a greek flag atop
Ornate Mycenaean gold sword handle
the head of a statue with curly hair and beard
greek urn, black with orange art of a battle
Picture of a mosaic showing an octopus framed by a guilloche
For #mosaicmonday, a nice octopus in #Madrid's #nationalarchaeologicalmuseum 🐙
Our intern Dante visited the National Archaeological Museum which has the richest collection of Greek artifacts in the world, including the so-called Mask of Agamemnon, the Artemision Bronze, & the Antikythera Mechanism.
#Greece #Athens #Archaeology #nationalarchaeologicalmuseum
