April 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
#FrescoFriday and we're at the Verulamium Museum in St. Albans.
Here is a large section of surviving fresco wall, painted in a way to replicate marble.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Here is a large section of surviving fresco wall, painted in a way to replicate marble.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
December 5, 2025 at 9:40 AM
#FrescoFriday and we're at the Verulamium Museum in St. Albans.
Here is a large section of surviving fresco wall, painted in a way to replicate marble.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Here is a large section of surviving fresco wall, painted in a way to replicate marble.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
🏺AncientBlueSky
Frescoes of the triclinium of the House of the Vettii in #Pompeii.
#FrescoFriday #archaeology #art
Frescoes of the triclinium of the House of the Vettii in #Pompeii.
#FrescoFriday #archaeology #art
November 29, 2024 at 10:18 AM
🏺AncientBlueSky
Frescoes of the triclinium of the House of the Vettii in #Pompeii.
#FrescoFriday #archaeology #art
Frescoes of the triclinium of the House of the Vettii in #Pompeii.
#FrescoFriday #archaeology #art
#FrescoFriday
#Roman frescoes recovered from Stabiae 1st century. #Italy #Archaeology 🎨🖌️
#AncientBlueSky 🏺
#Roman frescoes recovered from Stabiae 1st century. #Italy #Archaeology 🎨🖌️
#AncientBlueSky 🏺
June 6, 2025 at 7:13 AM
#FrescoFriday
#Roman frescoes recovered from Stabiae 1st century. #Italy #Archaeology 🎨🖌️
#AncientBlueSky 🏺
#Roman frescoes recovered from Stabiae 1st century. #Italy #Archaeology 🎨🖌️
#AncientBlueSky 🏺
#FrescoFriday
#Roman fresco (detail) from #Pompeii 1st century AD
House of the Golden Bracelet Archaeological Museum of Naples
#Archaeology #art #Birds
AncientBlueSky🏺
#Roman fresco (detail) from #Pompeii 1st century AD
House of the Golden Bracelet Archaeological Museum of Naples
#Archaeology #art #Birds
AncientBlueSky🏺
March 7, 2025 at 7:19 AM
#FrescoFriday
#Roman fresco (detail) from #Pompeii 1st century AD
House of the Golden Bracelet Archaeological Museum of Naples
#Archaeology #art #Birds
AncientBlueSky🏺
#Roman fresco (detail) from #Pompeii 1st century AD
House of the Golden Bracelet Archaeological Museum of Naples
#Archaeology #art #Birds
AncientBlueSky🏺
#FrescoFriday from the the large oecus in the House of Octavian on the Palatine Hill.
Detail of a theatre mask.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Detail of a theatre mask.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
January 16, 2026 at 9:18 AM
#FrescoFriday from the the large oecus in the House of Octavian on the Palatine Hill.
Detail of a theatre mask.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Detail of a theatre mask.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#FrescoFriday
Two frescos from a wealthy town house in Herculaneum, portraying images of fruit.
📸 My own.
#Archaeology #History #Art
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Two frescos from a wealthy town house in Herculaneum, portraying images of fruit.
📸 My own.
#Archaeology #History #Art
#AncientBlueSky🏺
October 10, 2025 at 6:43 AM
#FrescoFriday
Two frescos from a wealthy town house in Herculaneum, portraying images of fruit.
📸 My own.
#Archaeology #History #Art
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Two frescos from a wealthy town house in Herculaneum, portraying images of fruit.
📸 My own.
#Archaeology #History #Art
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#FrescoFriday - A beautiful fresco from Herculaneum, but sadly one whose precise provenance is unknown. The scene is focussed on a female musician, holding a lyre and plucking a cithara. The drapery is delightful! #Art #AncientBluesky 🏺
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9023)
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9023)
February 21, 2025 at 10:44 AM
#FrescoFriday - A beautiful fresco from Herculaneum, but sadly one whose precise provenance is unknown. The scene is focussed on a female musician, holding a lyre and plucking a cithara. The drapery is delightful! #Art #AncientBluesky 🏺
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9023)
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9023)
#FrescoFriday - An absolute corker of a Roman fresco with this panel showing the myth of Admetus and Alcestis: likely from the Augusteum at Herculaneum, discovered 25 November 1739. What dazzling details! #Archaeology #AncientBluesky 🏺
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9027)
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9027)
January 31, 2025 at 9:24 AM
#FrescoFriday - An absolute corker of a Roman fresco with this panel showing the myth of Admetus and Alcestis: likely from the Augusteum at Herculaneum, discovered 25 November 1739. What dazzling details! #Archaeology #AncientBluesky 🏺
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9027)
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9027)
January 17, 2025 at 7:35 AM
#FrescoFriday
Scenes of wild #birds from the walls of Herculaneum. 📸 My own.
AncientBlueSky🏺
#Roman #art #Archaeology #History
Scenes of wild #birds from the walls of Herculaneum. 📸 My own.
AncientBlueSky🏺
#Roman #art #Archaeology #History
December 6, 2024 at 2:05 PM
#FrescoFriday
Scenes of wild #birds from the walls of Herculaneum. 📸 My own.
AncientBlueSky🏺
#Roman #art #Archaeology #History
Scenes of wild #birds from the walls of Herculaneum. 📸 My own.
AncientBlueSky🏺
#Roman #art #Archaeology #History
#FrescoFriday - An absolute cracker of a Roman fresco with this panel showing the myth of Admetus and Alcestis: likely from the Augusteum at Herculaneum, discovered 25 November 1739. What dazzling details! #Archaeology #AncientBluesky 🏺
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9027)
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9027)
November 29, 2024 at 8:52 AM
#FrescoFriday - An absolute cracker of a Roman fresco with this panel showing the myth of Admetus and Alcestis: likely from the Augusteum at Herculaneum, discovered 25 November 1739. What dazzling details! #Archaeology #AncientBluesky 🏺
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9027)
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9027)
Fragments of Byzantine frescoes at Santa Maria Antiqua in the Forum Romanum. #frescofriday #skystorians 🗃️ #AncientBluesky 🏺
January 10, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Fragments of Byzantine frescoes at Santa Maria Antiqua in the Forum Romanum. #frescofriday #skystorians 🗃️ #AncientBluesky 🏺
#FrescoFriday from the atrium of the House of the Vettii in Pompeii!
Just a cupid riding a crab, as you do.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Just a cupid riding a crab, as you do.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
October 3, 2025 at 8:50 AM
#FrescoFriday from the atrium of the House of the Vettii in Pompeii!
Just a cupid riding a crab, as you do.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Just a cupid riding a crab, as you do.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#FrescoFriday offering this week is the fresco of Dionysus and Ariadne in Naxos from the House of the Golden Bracelet in Pompeii.
Photo my own at bit.ly/4gotBOq
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Photo my own at bit.ly/4gotBOq
#AncientBlueSky🏺
December 6, 2024 at 9:41 AM
#FrescoFriday offering this week is the fresco of Dionysus and Ariadne in Naxos from the House of the Golden Bracelet in Pompeii.
Photo my own at bit.ly/4gotBOq
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Photo my own at bit.ly/4gotBOq
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#FrescoFriday - The eponymous panel from Casa dell'Amore Punito, Pompeii (VII.2.23): discovered 5 August 1844. Cupid is brought to Venus, seemingly to be chastised for firing his darts willy-nilly. Naughty boy! #Pompeii #AncientBluesky 🏺
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9257)
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9257)
February 7, 2025 at 9:32 AM
#FrescoFriday - The eponymous panel from Casa dell'Amore Punito, Pompeii (VII.2.23): discovered 5 August 1844. Cupid is brought to Venus, seemingly to be chastised for firing his darts willy-nilly. Naughty boy! #Pompeii #AncientBluesky 🏺
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9257)
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9257)
#FrescoFriday from the MANN with this one thought to be Helios.
From Villa Arianna at Stabiae.
Helios is suspected as what we see here is a male deity of the light, sitting on a chariot with a radial crown and sceptre.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
From Villa Arianna at Stabiae.
Helios is suspected as what we see here is a male deity of the light, sitting on a chariot with a radial crown and sceptre.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
December 19, 2025 at 9:28 AM
#FrescoFriday from the MANN with this one thought to be Helios.
From Villa Arianna at Stabiae.
Helios is suspected as what we see here is a male deity of the light, sitting on a chariot with a radial crown and sceptre.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
From Villa Arianna at Stabiae.
Helios is suspected as what we see here is a male deity of the light, sitting on a chariot with a radial crown and sceptre.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#FrescoFriday - The 'Riot Fresco' from the House of Actius Anicetus, Pompeii (I.3.23), showing the infamous unrest between Nucerians and Pompeians during the arena games produced by Livineius Regulus in AD 59. #Pompeii #AncientBluesky 🏺
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (112222)
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (112222)
December 13, 2024 at 11:07 AM
#FrescoFriday - The 'Riot Fresco' from the House of Actius Anicetus, Pompeii (I.3.23), showing the infamous unrest between Nucerians and Pompeians during the arena games produced by Livineius Regulus in AD 59. #Pompeii #AncientBluesky 🏺
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (112222)
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (112222)
#FrescoFriday - A mythological panel from the House of the Ancient Hunt (VII.4.48), Pompeii. Daedalus presents his wooden cow to a gorgeously apparelled Pasiphae: "ingenio fabrae celeberrimus artis" indeed! #Myth #Pompeii #AncientBluesky 🏺
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (8979).
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (8979).
February 21, 2025 at 10:53 AM
#FrescoFriday - A mythological panel from the House of the Ancient Hunt (VII.4.48), Pompeii. Daedalus presents his wooden cow to a gorgeously apparelled Pasiphae: "ingenio fabrae celeberrimus artis" indeed! #Myth #Pompeii #AncientBluesky 🏺
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (8979).
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (8979).
#FrescoFriday - From the east wall of the triclinium of the House of the Orchard, Pompeii (I.9.5), comes a remarkable landscape rendering of the story of Daedalus and Icarus. I love the on-lookers reacting to the moment! #Myth #AncientBluesky 🏺
📸 Pompeii Archaeological Park Press Office
📸 Pompeii Archaeological Park Press Office
January 10, 2025 at 9:45 AM
#FrescoFriday - From the east wall of the triclinium of the House of the Orchard, Pompeii (I.9.5), comes a remarkable landscape rendering of the story of Daedalus and Icarus. I love the on-lookers reacting to the moment! #Myth #AncientBluesky 🏺
📸 Pompeii Archaeological Park Press Office
📸 Pompeii Archaeological Park Press Office
A stunning fresco which has something quite modern about it!
#AncientRome #AncientBluesky🏺#Frescofriday
#AncientRome #AncientBluesky🏺#Frescofriday
Let’s celebrate #FrescoFriday with as much verve as this lady who, given she’s riding a dolphin, may well be an incarnation of Venus (who had a penchant for such activities though usually in a greater state of divine undress).
#AncientRome #AncientBluesky🏺
#AncientRome #AncientBluesky🏺
August 29, 2025 at 6:32 AM
A stunning fresco which has something quite modern about it!
#AncientRome #AncientBluesky🏺#Frescofriday
#AncientRome #AncientBluesky🏺#Frescofriday
#FrescoFriday
The Tomb of the Diver can be found in what was the ancient Greek city of Poseidonia (Paestum to the Romans).
Discovered in June 1968, the tomb contains five different frescoes. Thought to date to roughly 500-470BC.
#Archaeology #History #Art.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
The Tomb of the Diver can be found in what was the ancient Greek city of Poseidonia (Paestum to the Romans).
Discovered in June 1968, the tomb contains five different frescoes. Thought to date to roughly 500-470BC.
#Archaeology #History #Art.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
June 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
#FrescoFriday
The Tomb of the Diver can be found in what was the ancient Greek city of Poseidonia (Paestum to the Romans).
Discovered in June 1968, the tomb contains five different frescoes. Thought to date to roughly 500-470BC.
#Archaeology #History #Art.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
The Tomb of the Diver can be found in what was the ancient Greek city of Poseidonia (Paestum to the Romans).
Discovered in June 1968, the tomb contains five different frescoes. Thought to date to roughly 500-470BC.
#Archaeology #History #Art.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#FrescoFriday
#Roman fresco excavated dating back to the late 1st century BC. It depicts a human figure against a vibrant red background. This is one of the finest #paintings ever found in #ancient Gaul
(Arles Departmental Museum of Antiquities) #France
#Archaeology #art
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#Roman fresco excavated dating back to the late 1st century BC. It depicts a human figure against a vibrant red background. This is one of the finest #paintings ever found in #ancient Gaul
(Arles Departmental Museum of Antiquities) #France
#Archaeology #art
#AncientBlueSky🏺
May 9, 2025 at 6:22 AM
#FrescoFriday
#Roman fresco excavated dating back to the late 1st century BC. It depicts a human figure against a vibrant red background. This is one of the finest #paintings ever found in #ancient Gaul
(Arles Departmental Museum of Antiquities) #France
#Archaeology #art
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#Roman fresco excavated dating back to the late 1st century BC. It depicts a human figure against a vibrant red background. This is one of the finest #paintings ever found in #ancient Gaul
(Arles Departmental Museum of Antiquities) #France
#Archaeology #art
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#FrescoFriday - When the Bacchic beat drops! A brilliantly colourful fresco of four diaphanously apparelled dancing figures: from the so-called 'Villa of Cicero', Pompeii (HGW06) - discovered 25 May 1748. #Pompeii #AncientBluesky 🏺
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9295)
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9295)
December 20, 2024 at 12:08 PM
#FrescoFriday - When the Bacchic beat drops! A brilliantly colourful fresco of four diaphanously apparelled dancing figures: from the so-called 'Villa of Cicero', Pompeii (HGW06) - discovered 25 May 1748. #Pompeii #AncientBluesky 🏺
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9295)
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9295)
💃 Let's dance for #FrescoFriday with this remarkable fresco of a Maenad holding Cupid, Pompeii, 1st century AD.
🏛️ Napels
🏺 #archaeology #Findsfriday #ancientbluesky 🗃️
🏛️ Napels
🏺 #archaeology #Findsfriday #ancientbluesky 🗃️
April 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
💃 Let's dance for #FrescoFriday with this remarkable fresco of a Maenad holding Cupid, Pompeii, 1st century AD.
🏛️ Napels
🏺 #archaeology #Findsfriday #ancientbluesky 🗃️
🏛️ Napels
🏺 #archaeology #Findsfriday #ancientbluesky 🗃️