Aesthetics of the Beautiful

Pompeii. House of the Orchard.

Roman bronze oil lamp fixture shaped like a snail.

A loaf of bread made in Pompeii

Ancient Romans believed it was good luck to see a snake

A beautiful marble table

The bronze statue of a dancing faun

Statue of Apollo on east side of Temple of Apollo

Statue of boxer and still life of rooster and pine cone

The statue of Venus

Statue of puppies from Pompeii

Statue of Livia

Roman fresco of a street seller of bread at Pompeii

Fresco shows a couple in bed

Splendido affresco dall'oecus della villa dei Misteri

A Roman fresco of a serpent winding around and up the straight trunk of a fig tree

Roman fresco, Flora

Erotic fresco

Fresco showing the baker Terentius Neo and his wife

Bacchus & Ariadne

Fresco depicting the wedding of Venus and Mars