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The Villa of the Mysteries (Italian: Villa dei Misteri) is a well-preserved suburban ancient Roman villa on the outskirts of Pompeii, southern Italy.It is famous for the series of exquisite frescos in Room 5, which are usually interpreted as showing the initiation of a bride into a Greco-Roman mystery cult.
Villa Fraccaroli, also called The Castle of Spirits, is a 19th-century villa in the town of Piovene Rocchette in the province of Vicenza, in the Veneto region of northern Italy. [1] It was initially commissioned by the Fraccaroli family for Paolina Carlotta Fraccaroli and her husband Francesco Dalla Negra who were landowners in the region.
The Villa of the Mysteries gets its name from a series of frescoes, dating back to the first century BC, that depict a ritual dedicated to Bacchus, the god of wine, fertility and religious ecstasy ...
Villa of Mysteries, 1957. This book, also published under the title Women's Dionysian Initiation: The Villa of Mysteries in Pompeii, [8] [9] is a Jungian analysis of the mystery chamber in the Roman city of Pompeii, whose frescos depict an initiation ceremony for women. [10]
One of the most recognized and unique pieces representing the Second Style is the Dionysiac mystery frieze in the Villa of the Mysteries. This work depicts the Dionysian Cult that was made up of mostly women. In the scene, however, one boy is depicted. Fashionable particularly from the 40s BC onwards, it began to wane in the final decades BC.
Here are the 24 best new book releases this week: November 19-25, 2024. This is the last big week in the book world because next week is Black Friday.And most publishers want their big books of ...
The "Villa of the Mysteries", home of the Istacidii at Pompeii. The gens Istacidia was an obscure Roman family at Pompeii. No members of this gens are mentioned by ancient writers, but a number are known from inscriptions. Numerius Istacidius Cilix was one of the municipal duumvirs of Pompeii around the beginning of the first century.
Variety caught up with The Immigrant’s co-founder and CEO Camila Jimenez Villa to talk about “Shared Custody” and the company’s larger goals in both series and feature films.