slug: "gallery/oudheden"
translates: "gallery/oudheden"
lang: en
title: "Oudheden: Ancient arts"
thumbnail: "gallery/oudheden/Hermaphroditos.jpg"
thumbnailAlt: "A fresco depicting Hermaphroditos and Silenos"
description: "From Gods to gospels, beautiful artwork from ancient times"
pageCreated: "2020-04-21"
pageUpdated: "2023-01-28"
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strong(lang="nl") Oudheden
small Ancient arts
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li.framed.portrait
img(src=qua("Hermaphroditos.jpg") alt="A fresco depicting Hermaphroditos and Silenos")
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p.title Fresco of #[span.theonym Hermaphroditos] and #[span.theonym Silenos]
time (c. 65 #[+sc('BCE')], Pompeii)
p.details Encaustic. Displayed at the
a(href="https://mann-napoli.it/") National Archæological Museum
| , Naples.
p Most ancient depictions of #[span.theonym Hermaphroditos] (much as we lionise those days as times of #[+sc('LGBT')] acceptance) depict Them as a figure of ridicule, or being violated by a satyr for comedic effect. Thankfully, it was not always so: this fresco is much more respectful.
p.acquired acquired MMXXII.XI.XXIII
li.portrait
img(src=qua("Kalyx.png") alt="An ancient jug with various mythological figures")
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p.title Calyx krater with Ariadne, #[span.theonym Dionysos], and followers
time (c. 400 #[+sc('BCE')], Thebes)
p.details Red-figure pottery. In the collection of the
a(href="https://www.louvre.fr/en/") Louvre
| , Paris.
p.acquired acquired MMXXII.XI.XXIII
li.framed.landscape
img(src=qua("Askos.jpg") alt="A concerned dog sits next to a knocked over vase")
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p.title Mischievous dog and askos
time (c. 175 #[+sc('BCE')], Alexandria)
p.details Mosaic. Displayed at the Library of Alexandria’s
a(href="https://antiquities.bibalex.org/home/index.aspx?lang=en") Antiquities Museum
| .
p I expect the artist will be suing #[+sc('HMV')] for royalties any day now.
p.acquired acquired MMXXII.XI.XXIII
li.portrait
img(src=qua("Fayum.png") alt="A remarkably competent portrait of a young bearded man who appears to be of middle eastern descent")
figcaption
p.title Mummy portrait of a young soldier
time (c. 125 #[+sc('CE')], Arsinoë)
p.details Encaustic on lime wood. In the collection of the
a(href="https://www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/altes-museum/home/") Altes Museum
| , Berlin.
p.acquired acquired MMXXII.XI.XXIII
li.portrait
img(src=qua("Donkey.png") alt="A marble statue of Bacchus sitting on a donkey")
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p.title #[span.theonym Bacchus] on a donkey
time (c. 150 #[+sc('CE')], Rome)
p.details Marble statue. In the collection of the
a(href="https://new.artsmia.org/") Minneapolis Institute of Art
| .
p.acquired acquired MMXXII.XI.XXIII
li.portrait
img(src=qua("Lindisfarne.jpg") alt="A beautifully illustrated mediæval codex")
figcaption
p.title Page from the Lindisfarne Gospels
time (c. 720 #[+sc('CE')], England)
p.details Ink on vellum. In the collection of the
a(href="https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/lindisfarne-gospels") British Library
| , London.
p It was quite underwhelming when they came to Newcastle — i believe down in London they have an interactive panel that lets you swipe through all the pages virtually, but they had no such thing in the Laing Gallery. It was just open to one page, permanently. Sad!
p.acquired acquired MMXXII.XI.XXIII
li.landscape
img(src=qua("RashidAlDin.jpg") alt="A Persian miniature showing the archangel Gabriel coming down and speaking to Muhammad on the rock")
figcaption
p.artist Rashid al-Din
time (1247–1318, Persia)
p.title Miniature from the
i Compendium of Chronicles
time (c. 1310)
p.details Ink and watercolour on paper. In the collection of the
a(href="http://www.lib.ed.ac.uk/") Edinburgh University Library
| .
p Depictions of the prophet Muhammad were not always so taboo — Persia in particular has a rich history of figurative Islamic art, whence this miniature of Gabriel’s first revelation hails.
p.acquired acquired MMXXIII.I.XXVII
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