Bacchanalia

Roman Empire, Tunisia, 200-225 AD

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Onyx and gold frame, first half 19th century. 

Ancient Greek or Roman sardonyx cameo depicting a group of Bacchic devotees.  Artist unknown; 1st cent. BCE/CE.  Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Medium: Dolomitic marble.

Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844) “Cupid and Bacchus” (1833-1838) Marble Currently in a private collection

Bacchus and Ariadne Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian; 1696–1770) ca. 1743–45 Oil on canvas National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

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  Antinous as Bacchus, Roman, 2nd century AD

Dionysus.  Sculpture of Pentelic marble by an unknown Roman artist, modeled after a number of lost Hellenistic originals.  Found in the Horti Liciniani, Rome; now in the Capitoline Museum.  Photo credit: Marie-Lan Nguyen.

Philadelphia Museum of Art 

Triumph of Bacchus, Roman mosaic,Sousse, Tunisia.

Introduction by Ian  C. Storey Under “Comic Festivals and Production” For Aristophanes The Clouds (via quatschmachen)

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An elderly satyr is followed by the young Dionysus.  South Italian red-figure bell-krater, attributed to the painter Python; ca. 350-325 BCE.  From Poseidonia (Paestum); now in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  Photo credit: LACMA.

Bramshaw, Dionysos Exciter to Frenzy (via entrailmix)

Acrylics on prepared paper, 19.4 x 98.5cm