Apr 18, 2022 05:54 PM
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022...rt-ancient
EXCERPTS: An exhibition of erotic art found among the ruins of Pompeii will aim to show inquiring minds that racy scenes were present in homes across all sections of society and public spaces and that the images were not looked on in a scandalous or embarrassing way. [...] In addition, visitors will be able to tour the site, guided by an app...
[...] Art showing couples in explicit sex scenes has been found in excavated homes, similar to those revealed in the brothels of the ancient Roman city, which was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD79. “Scholars have tended to interpret any rooms decorated with these scenes as some kind of brothel,” said Zuchtriegel. “But there was also space for prostitution inside homes.”
[...] Experts have often interpreted sexual wall paintings in the brothels as a menu of the services on offer. “It looks a bit like this as you have scenes above each single door, but it is always very risky to make this kind of simplification,” added Zuchtriegel...
The exhibition will also feature art depicting homoerotic scenes, and includes a statue found in [...] one of Pompeii’s richest homes, representing a young man who would have served his master during banquets, as well as sexually. [...] “Take homosexuality … it was certainly tolerated but that does not mean it offered the kind of participation and acceptance that we today are maybe wishing for.” (MORE - missing details)
EXCERPTS: An exhibition of erotic art found among the ruins of Pompeii will aim to show inquiring minds that racy scenes were present in homes across all sections of society and public spaces and that the images were not looked on in a scandalous or embarrassing way. [...] In addition, visitors will be able to tour the site, guided by an app...
[...] Art showing couples in explicit sex scenes has been found in excavated homes, similar to those revealed in the brothels of the ancient Roman city, which was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD79. “Scholars have tended to interpret any rooms decorated with these scenes as some kind of brothel,” said Zuchtriegel. “But there was also space for prostitution inside homes.”
[...] Experts have often interpreted sexual wall paintings in the brothels as a menu of the services on offer. “It looks a bit like this as you have scenes above each single door, but it is always very risky to make this kind of simplification,” added Zuchtriegel...
The exhibition will also feature art depicting homoerotic scenes, and includes a statue found in [...] one of Pompeii’s richest homes, representing a young man who would have served his master during banquets, as well as sexually. [...] “Take homosexuality … it was certainly tolerated but that does not mean it offered the kind of participation and acceptance that we today are maybe wishing for.” (MORE - missing details)