The Enlightenment Gallery - Room 1 of the British Museum laid out as the study of a collector during the age of Enlightenment |
The Enlightenment Gallery is divided into seven sections that explore the seven major new disciplines of the age |
Religion & ritual, Trade & discovery, Archaeology, Art history, Classification, Decipherment of ancient scripts, Natural History |
Ganumede with the eagle of Zeus, Roman, 2nd C. AD |
Ganumede with the eagle of Zeus, Roman, 2nd C. AD |
Faun with infant Bacchus, Roman, 2nd C. AD |
Case of phallus related objects from ancient Greece and Rome |
Erect Roman bronze wind-chime, Enlightenment Gallery, British Museum |
Disk carved with magical symbols associated with the Elizabethan magicial Dr. John Dee (1527-1608) |
Carved stone figures of the Hindu gods of India |
Monju, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom |
Chinese porcelin figures of Chinese gods |
Porcelin Guanyin |
Restored 2nd C. AD Roman statue of Cupid stringing his bow |
Restored 2nd C. AD Roman statue of Cupid stringing his bow |
Restored 2nd C. AD Roman statue of Cupid stringing his bow |
Ancient Greek coins |
Discophorus, 2nd C. Roman copy of Greek original attributed to Naukydes, found at Tivoli |
Ancient Dionysus statue restored as Apollo by Carlo Albacini in the 18th C. |
The Piranesi Vase, 18th C. incorporating Roman fragments from the 2nd C. AD |
Satyr on an ancient fragment incorporated into the Piranesi Vase |
Satyr on the Piranesi Vase, Englightenment Gallery |
The Piranesi Vase is made of fragments from Tivoli |
Hermes Farnese, 2nd C. Roman copy of 4th C. BC Greek original from the school of Praxiteles |
Rondanini Faun dancing with cymbals, Roman 2nd C. |
Rondanini Faun (satyr) dancing with cymbals, 2nd C. Roman restored in the 17th C. |
Englightenment galllery with the Rondanini Faun |
Satyr - Roman copy of a Greek original by Praxiteles |
Satyr - Roman copy of a Greek original by Praxiteles |
An excellent gallery... |
Enlightenment Gallery in the King's Library, British Museum |