Vesuvius was hot, but this new exhibition of erotic art excavated from Pompeii is hotter. See images here:
A fresco representing a sexual act, within the exhibition"Art and Sensuality in the Houses of Pompeii", set up in the archaeological excavations of Pompeii. Photo: Marco Cantile/LightRocket via Getty Images.
Many works have been excavated from the site in recent years, such as a wall painting discovered in 2018 that depicts Priapus, the god of fertility, weighing his penis on a scale. Another, unearthed in 2019, shows the Greek princess Leda being impregnated by a Roman god disguised as a swan. With new discoveries like those in the show, experts are reconsidering their assumptions about the significance of erotic imagery to ancient Roman culture. “Scholars have tended to interpret any rooms decorated with these scenes as some kind of brothel,” Zuchtriegel toldBut applying a modern-day morality to these scenes of the past is not always prudent.
An installation view of “Art and Sensuality in the Houses of Pompeii.” Photo: Marco Cantile/LightRocket via Getty Images.
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