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

or House of Ariadne or House of the Coloured Capitals.  Main entrance.  

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

Part 9.                                       Part 10   Click Here

 

Part 11   Click Here      Part 12   Click Here      Part 13   Click Here      Part 14   Click Here

 

Part 15   Click Here      Part 16   Click Here      Part 17   Click Here      Part 18   Click Here

 

Part 1    Click Here       Part 2    Click Here       Part 3    Click Here       Part 4    Click Here

 

Part 5    Click Here       Part 6    Click Here       Part 7    Click Here       Part 8    Click Here

 

VII.4.31 Room Plan    Click Here (Opens in separate window)

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii.  March 2009.  Doorway to Room 22.

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii.  March 2009.  Room 22.  North wall.

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii.  March 2009.  Room 22.  West wall.

The central wall painting was a Mythological Landscape showing Polyphemus, looking out to sea at his beloved Galatea. 

Painting now in Naples Museum.

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii.  March 2009.  Room 22.  East wall.

The central wall painting was a Mythological Landscape showing Hercules rescuing Prometheus.  

Now in Naples Museum.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii.  March 2009.  Room 24.  North west corner.

 

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

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii.  March 2009. 

Grondaia, or Antefisse fittile, or Decorative Gutter Rainwater Spouts

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii.  March 2009. 

Grondaia, or Antefisse fittile, or Decorative Gutter Rainswater Spouts

 

VII.4.31 Pompeii.  March 2009. 

Grondaia, or Antefisse fittile, or Decorative Gutter Rainwater Spout

 

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

 

 

 

 

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Part 11   Click Here      Part 12   Click Here      Part 13   Click Here      Part 14   Click Here

 

Part 15   Click Here      Part 16   Click Here      Part 17   Click Here      Part 18   Click Here

 

Part 1    Click Here       Part 2    Click Here       Part 3    Click Here       Part 4    Click Here

 

Part 5    Click Here       Part 6    Click Here       Part 7    Click Here       Part 8    Click Here

 

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