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Saturday, June 24, 2023

Wine makers


Our last Classical mosaic features two guys stomping grapes.  I love the way they 
are holding hands and how we can even see the splashes.  Oh, and the guy at right 
seems to have had a wardrobe malfunction of some sort.

 

6 comments:

  1. Grape crushing was traditionally done by naked males. In France, it might still be so. I've seen photographs in the 70s showing naked men getting into the vat to stomp the grapes. I do no know if it is still done that way.

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    1. I think I have some of those 20th C. photos. Need to look them up.

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  2. I have a fondness for Greco-Roman statues -- including Renaissance artists who mimicked their subjects and style. Today's mosaics are really cool! Thanks for posting!

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  3. Naked men crushing grapes.....that gets my interest. If this was done in public, that would be a healthy attitude.

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