FRESCOES OF THE ROOM OF THE CUPIDS IN THE HOUSE OF THE VETTII, 50-79 CE. POMPEII
This magnificent room is best known for its bands of black painted friezes with Erotes working away at various trades. But the overall impression of the room is one of red, with the walls largely covered in red cinnabar, one of the most expensive of pigments. In this corner we see two floating couples. At left a nymph and a satyr are already embracing within their red panel, and at right a male Apollo-like god is importuning a nymph who's saying no, not that the gods took no for an answer. It is interesting to note the discolouration of the red wall at right. This was caused by the heat of the boiling mud that invaded the house during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE.
#FrescoFriday in #Pompeii brings us to the #HouseoftheVettii, one of the most splendid #domus in the city. In the room of the #Cupids, the dominant colour is red #cinnabar with floating couples, 50-79 CE. Heat from the volcano's pyroclastic flow has altered the red wall at right. #AncientBluesky 🏺