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Erotic art in Pompeii and Herculaneum has been both exhibited as art, and concealed as pornography. The Roman cities around the bay of Naples were destroyed by theeruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, preserving their buildings and artefacts until extensive archaeological excavations began the 18th century. The digs revealed the cities to be full of erotic images as carvings, frescoes, symbols, and inscriptions. Even ordinary household items had a sexual theme. The ubiquity of such imagery and items indicates that the treatment of sexuality in ancient Rome was in some respects more liberal than our time. (However, much of what might seem to us to be erotic imagery (e.g. oversized phalluses) could arguably be fertility imagery.) This clash of cultures led to an unknown number of discoveries being hidden away again. In 1819, when King Francis I of Naples visited the Pompeii exhibition at the Naples National Archaeological Museum with his wife and daughter, he was so embarrassed by the erotic artwork that he decided to have it locked away in a "secret cabinet", accessible only to "people of mature age and respected morals". Re-opened, closed, re-opened again and then closed again for nearly 100 years, the Secret Museum, Naples was briefly made accessible at the end of the 1960s (the time of the sexual revolution) and was finally re-opened for viewing in 2000. Minors are still only allowed entry to the once-secret cabinet in the presence of a guardian or with written permission. == Phalluses == Image:Pompeiian phallus, c.1-50 AD.JPG|Phallus relief from Pompeii, c.1-50 AD Image:Bronze 'flying phallus' amulet.JPG|Bronze 'flying phallus' amulet (1stC BC) The phallus (the erect penis), whether on Pan, Priapus or a similar deity, or on its own, was a common image. It was not seen as threatening or even necessarily erotic, but as a ward against the evil eye.. The phallus was sculpted in bronze as ''tintinnabula'' (wind chimes). Phallus-animals were common household items. Note the child on one of the wind chimes. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Erotic art in Pompeii and Herculaneum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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