This large #Etruscan terracotta figure of Juno Curitis was probably a cult statue, on display within the temple of the goddess' sanctuary at Celle (finished on all sides). Presented as a patrician matron, with a gorgeously patterned peplum, and bejeweled diadem. 🏺 #ancientbluesky ca. 380 BCE. 📸 me - ThreadSky

chapps.bsky.social • 1 day ago

This large #Etruscan terracotta figure of Juno Curitis was probably a cult statue, on display within the temple of the goddess' sanctuary at Celle (finished on all sides). Presented as a patrician matron, with a gorgeously patterned peplum, and bejeweled diadem. 🏺 #ancientbluesky

ca. 380 BCE. 📸 me

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ardentarchivist.bsky.social•1 day ago

She looks like a Juno!

(Or perhaps: a Livia!)

((Don’t touch the figs…))

chapps.bsky.social•1 day ago

She certainly does - she's the perfect queenly matron, which is a model that Livia herself perfected (I always suspicious of figs ... and mushrooms, well, and public salad bars).

ardentarchivist.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yes! The mushrooms…

Best to take Claudius’ approach and knock back several goblets of wine right from the get-go.

😳👀

chapps.bsky.social•1 day ago

You’d need that much alcohol just to deal with the politics in ancient Rome …

ardentarchivist.bsky.social•1 day ago

Indeed.

And so to today… 🤦‍♀️

partialhistorians.bsky.social•1 day ago

That diadem is fabulous! We’ll take two thanks 😁

bou-dicca.bsky.social•1 day ago

... 3!! One for me, too!!

partialhistorians.bsky.social•1 day ago

Of course!

chapps.bsky.social•1 day ago

SO many new orders from our fantasy museum replica shop. This will take a while …

bou-dicca.bsky.social•19 hours ago

OK ... bad accident at the Diadem storage.... 😬

chapps.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Oh, not again.

ftruci.bsky.social•1 day ago

Bellissima!

phyllida.bsky.social•1 day ago

I am ever amazed how the Etruscans reproduced in terra cotta anything the Greek-Speakers fashioned in marble.

chapps.bsky.social•1 day ago

Juno Curitis was invoked in times of war, very like Juno Sospita at Lanuvium. However, this cult statue seems less war-like (she would normally carry a spear and shield and wear a goatskin), and looks more like a queen. 🏺

Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia, Rome.

https://flic.kr/p/2qVt9MW

chapps.bsky.social•1 day ago

This photo, taken 3/4 view from the sculpture's other side (it's nearly life-size) shows the detailed design on her peplos. You can see a repeating palmette pattern. The diadem has a row of flowers, and from this angle you can better see the one intact disc earring. 🏺 #polychromy

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