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VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. Casa degli Capitelli colorati or Casa di Arianna

or House of Ariadne or House of the Coloured Capitals.  

Linked to VII.4.32, VII.4.33 and VII.4.51. Excavated 1822, 1832 and 1846.

Part 10.

 

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VII.4.31 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 23, tablinum, east wall. This wall used to show another painting of the weeping Ariadne watching as Theseus sails away.

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 23, exedra, east wall.

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 23. Exedra, looking north to peristyle.

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 23, exedra, looking north to peristyle.

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 23. Exedra, mosaic floor.

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 23, mosaic floor in exedra.

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 23. Exedra, West wall.

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 23, west wall in exedra.

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to Room 24.

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 24, oecus.

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 24. Step, inside the doorway.

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 24, step, inside the doorway.

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 24. East wall. The central painting is now faded and damaged but it was another example of the story of Ariadne on Naxos.See DESCOEUDRES, J-P, et al, 1994, Pompeii Revisited: the life and death of a Roman town. Sydney: Meditarch.

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 24, east wall.

The central painting is now faded and damaged but it was another example of the story of Ariadne on Naxos.

See DESCOEUDRES, J-P, et al, 1994, Pompeii Revisited: the life and death of a Roman town. Sydney. Meditarch (p.121).

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 24. North wall.

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 24, north wall.

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 24. North wall.

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 24, north-west corner.

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 24. Floor.

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 24, floor.

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii. March 2009. Decorative Gutter Rainwater Spouts

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Decorative Gutter Rainwater Spouts

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii. March 2009. Grondaia, or Antefisse fittile, or Decorative Gutter Rainwater Spouts

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Decorative Gutter Rainwater Spouts

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii. March 2009. Decorative Gutter Rainwater Spout

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Decorative Gutter Rainwater Spout.

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to Room 25.

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 25.

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 25. Staircase to upper floor. Looking north.

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009.

Room 25, staircase to upper floor.  Looking north.

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 25. Second staircase to upper floor, looking east.

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009.

Room 25, second staircase to upper floor, looking east.

 

 

 

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