Tag: Ares

House of Venus and Mars/ Ares and Aphrodite 01 Fresco, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, pictorial decoration of the mansions of Pompeii, with footnotes, #10a

May 9, 2018

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Zaidan Art Blog

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House of Venus and Mars/ Ares and Aphrodite Between circa 75 and circa 100 AD Fresco on plaster cm 99 x 90 National Archaeological Museum of Naples Venus and Mars Fresco above shows the Roman gods Venus, goddess of love, and Mars, god of war, in an allegory of beauty and valour. The Fresco was probably intended to…