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A last for the morning, with this awesome panel of Dido from the House of Meleager, Pompeii (VI.9.2). Dido is seated on her throne, with an attendant personification of Africa, as Aeneas' ship departs.

Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (8898)

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For a detail of a painting from the Cubiculum (bedroom) of the villa of Publius Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, depicting a rocky scenery with a balustrade and an arbor in the upper part and a cave with a fountain and various birds in the... 1/2

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2021-02-05

Wall-#paintings from the workshop of Veranius Hypsaeus show the different stages of Here the cloth is carded & displayed to the customer. The itself was large, it included troughs for soaking the cloth and large bronze basins

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2021-02-05

This we present this incredible work from the Tomb of the Dancers!

Found in a Peucetian tomb in Ruvo di Puglia, Italy, it dates to the 5th - 4th century BCE. Discovered in 1833, the tomb held the remains of a distinguished warrior.

Now held by

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2021-01-29

Detail of Aeolus, king and keeper of the winds, from the ceiling of the Sala di Ulisse at the Palazzo Poggi in Bologna. Painted by Pellegrino Tibaldi (1527-1596).

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2021-01-23

A inspired by last week episode of "Pompei. La città viva", the new podcast by & . This detail from the fullonica of Veranius Hypsaeus in portrays a man brushing wool cloth while the one under the cage is whitening a fabric

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2021-01-23

Yes, this is a layup, but: we can't have without Cappella degli Scrovegni in Padova. These early 14th c. fresco cycles were influential for depicting spatial perspective and emotive human feeling in vibrant technicolor.

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Fresco from the villa of Marcus Vispasianus Agrippa

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2021-01-22

These panels come from the Tomb of Silistra (#Bulgaria), part of a frieze depicting 11 servants/slaves carrying a range of domestic artefacts - including (clockwise from top left) perfume, a belt, trousers, & a jug & patera.

Mid-C4th AD

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2021-01-08

This lovely Jordanian lady is from one of the beautiful tomb frescos from Seleucia Abila, 2nd to 3rd century CE, Qweilbeh, photos from https://t.co/416tLcGfPi read more on this incredible and somewhat neglected site here https://t.co/A3rxglPQlE

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2021-01-08

Salve lar familiaris. Salvete Di Penates. Salve Vesta Mater.
Please bless us, O sacred gods, with all that is good, auspicious, fruitful, fortunate, and wholesome.
May 2021 be prosperous for one and all!

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2021-01-01

For two exquisite vignettes from Moregine 600m south of These are believed to have decorated a large guest house at Pompeii's lost harbour, for wealthy merchants visiting the town.

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2020-12-18

For a 1st Cent. Roman fresco recovered from Vesuvian ash at Stabiae on the Bay of Naples Pic: mharrsch

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Yet another fresco from Pompeii, now at . It shows two teenage girls, one of them reading attentively the open polyptych, and at the same time thoughtfully touching her lips by the stylus. A curious friend looks from behind her shoulder. 1st century AD.

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frescos are still being uncovered to this day and their timeless beauty will never fail to amaze. A treasure to humanity preserved, tragically, by the hand of Destiny, not by the hand of mankind

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2020-10-30

I love art & artefacts which preserve little snapshots of everyday life in antiquity - such as this fresco from Italy, showing 2 men (probably slaves) preparing a meat dish for a banquet. It probably decorated the walls of a tavern rather than a private home.

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2020-10-16

Greek Bronze Age wall paintings from Mycenae. Over 3,000 years old. On display at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens .


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2020-10-08

Why shouldn't you offend Dionysus? Pentheus, king of Thebes, banned women from participating in his rites. A drunken frenzy of women mistook him for a wild beast, his own mother tore off his head as a trophy. Ouch! Scene from a triclinium of Vettii (Pompeii).

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2020-10-02

In Aztec times (1,000 years after Teotihuacan), frescos were used in temples and elite residences, not in commoner houses. This one is from Tenayucca (ca. AD 1100-1300), in Mexico City. Aztec artists anticipated the skull and cross-bones motif long before pirates!

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