#janiform

[didoofcarthage]

Mold-blown glass flask with janiform decoration

Roman, 1st century A.D.

J. Paul Getty Museum

[lotussed]

Roman Janiform Herm of Bacchus and Ariadne, Christie's

[michael-svetbird]

HERACLES + WOMAN: Etruscan terracotta janiform Kantharos with the heads of Heracles and a Woman [possibly Athena, Omphale or an Amazon, as IDed by MANF] By the Clusium Group [Etruscan workshop] Ca 300 BC. From Tomb 1029B, the Valle Pega, Chiusi area [near Ferrara], Spina.

Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Ferrara | MANF [1st Fl. Sala XII] • Web : http://www.archeoferrara.beniculturali.it/index.aspx?lng=ENG • FB : https://www.facebook.com/museo.archeologico.ferrara • IG : @museo_archeologico_ferrara • X : @ArcheoFerrara

MANF | Michael Svetbird phs©msp | 21|02|24 6300X4200 600 [I.-III.] The photographed object is collection item of MANF, photos are copyrighted [non commercial use | sorry for the watermarks]

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[tyrannoninja]

Queens of the Nile Mug Design

This is a design for a large coffee mug sporting the faces of the historical Nile Valley queens Cleopatra VII of Egypt (left) and Amanirenas of Kush (right). The vertical gold bar you see in the middle there is supposed to represent the mug’s handle. The inspiration for this came from a type of pottery the ancient Greeks would make known as “janiform” pottery which would each have the face of a dark-skinned African person on one side and the face of a lighter-skinned (most often Greek) person on the other.

[blueiscoool]

The 'Beth Shean' Marble Bust 2nd-3rd century AD H. 47.5 x w. 32 x d. 41 cm

A monumental marble janiform herm of marmo lunense marble depicting the heads of Bacchus and Ariadne. Bacchus wears a fillet across his forehead, the centrally parted hair dressed with a rich garland of ivy leaves with two frontal clusters of berries, vine leaves, and bunches of grapes hanging behind the ears. Ariadne has softer features and a fuller face, her wavy hair is also centrally parted and dressed with delicate ivy berries and leaves.

[asanasterisk]

janiform demon girl

[ana-can21]

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[aboutanancientenquiry]

An article of Pr. Sarah Debrew on Black Figures in Classical Greek Art

An Athenian kantharos, c.500 BCE, Boston Museum of Fine Arts 98.926. This form of cup with two heads is known as 'janiform', here two women. Source: http://panoplyclassicsandanimation.blogspot.com/2020/10/black-history-month-black-and-white.html

I have found a very interesting article of Sarah F. Debrew with the title An Investigation of Black Fifures in Classical Greek Art. Its subtitle is “Ancient Greece’s visual heritage included representations of black people that nimbly provoked and cut accross hierarchies”. The article criticizes modern interpretations or distorions of ancient Greek art, which present the latter as portraying Black people exlusively as servants or as physical threat, and shows that the depiction of Blackness in Classical Greek art is in fact of much more various character than thought by many. 

Unfortunately the source does not allow the reproduction of Pr. Debrew’s text, but one can read it on https://blogs.getty.edu/iris/an-investigation-of-black-figures-in-classical-greek-art/

Sarah F. Debrew, Associate Professor of Classics, Stanford University

[lionofchaeronea]

Attic janiform red-figure aryballos in the shape of women’s heads, bearing the inscription Epilykos kalos ( “Epilykos is handsome/beautiful”).  Tentatively attributed to the painter Skythes; ca. 510-500 BCE.  Now in the Louvre.  Photo credit:  © Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons.

[jokeanddaggerdept]

[philoursmars]

Marseille. Au musée d’Histoire, une expo : “Terre ! Escales mythiques en Méditerranée”, traitant des voyages des héros grecs mais aussi de ceux permis par le vin de Dionysos. Ici, des demi-dieux et des dieux :

- “Dionysos et 2 satyres musiciens" - coupe athénienne - 480 avant J-C.

- “Borée poursuit la princesse Oreithye" - pélikè athénienne -  Nola, 450  avant J-C.

- “'Iris verse une libation à Zeus" - canthare janiforme athénienne à tête d'Héraklès sur le devant - 470 avant J-C.

[archaicwonder]

Very Rare Ancient Coin with Triform &  Janiform Heads

This is a silver obol from an uncertain mint (perhaps Tarsos, map ) struck circa 400-380 BC. The obverse displays a janiform head. One face is male and the other is a female wearing a diadem (Zeus and Hera?). The reverse shows a triform bearded male head. This is a very rare, charming and extremely fine coin.

The Greek island of Tenedos produced coins with janiform heads similar to the obverse of this coin (example) for centuries, but it is the reverse side that is so unique and fascinating. The bearded triform head has three faces sharing two eyes. It may be a coincidence but it resembles images of the Hindu god Brahma, who has four heads, one facing each of the four cardinal directions. This is believed to be a symbol of his omniscience. There is not another known design like this in classical numismatics.

[tyrannoninja]

This is a representation of the famous Egyptian goddess Auset (better known as Isis) that is inspired by assorted double-faced “janiform” vases from the ancient Mediterranean. On the left side would be the face of the goddess as a native Egyptian woman, whereas the face on the right is based on how the Romans would depict her once they adopted her cult as one of their own after annexing Egypt.

[blueiscoool]

A Roman Opaque White Mould-Blown Janiform Glass Flask Circa 1st/2nd century AD

The cylindrical neck with everted rim and inward-folded lip with a plump-faced youth and a thin-faced man wearing a fillet on either side.

Height 7.4 cm.

[asanasterisk]

Janiform demon girl. The faces do not have separate consciousnesses, this is only one person, but they can be moved independently. All limbs and digits are double jointed, allowing them to face the "correct" direction respective to each face whenever desired.

[ana-can21]

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