Pompeii

Pompeii

Lawrence Technological University

February 2, 2016

House of the Faun

Aluzzo, Adrienne (photograph)

visual works (works)

2006

Italy (nation)

Pompeii (deserted settlement)

Imperial (Roman)

statues

fauns

View of reproduction of faun statue in bronze from the House of the Faun at Pompeii, Italy. "The faun balances on his toes and pivots, his horned head raised, his wild hair wreathed with acorns. He is smiling lasciviously, flipping his tail, and snapping his fingers. This exuberant dance belongs to the world of Dionysos, evoking a rural, untamed life. The original statuette has been called the finest bronze ever found at Pompeii. Because of this, some argue that it is based on a Greek original, with the dates assigned to that copy or to the Greek original ranging from 300 to 100 BCE (1). The house itself, whose interior décor included the faun, was destroyed in 79 CE by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius,"--Harvard Art Museum website.

bronze (metal)

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