Inside the alleys of Naples I run, I run 🎵🎵

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'The Castle of Otranto' (1764) by Horace Walpole is generally regarded as the first Gothic novel. The initial edition purported to be a translation based on a manuscript printed at Naples in 1529 https://t.co/qXPaGmwKqQ

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Undine Giving the Ring to Massaniello, Fisherman of Naples, 1846

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by Alex Shot in Naples, Italy 🇮🇹

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3/3 René d'Anjou was Duke of Anjou and Count of Provence from 1434 to 1480, who also reigned as King of Naples as René I from 1435 to 1442. Having spent his last years in Aix-en-Provence, he is known in France as the Good King René.

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"View of Naples in Moonlight" (1829) by Sylvester Shchedrin

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"The Gulf of Naples. Moonlight" (1820-21) by Johan Christian Dahl

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Murat was the most popular French commander among the Russian rank and file, who admired his bravery. It is said that some Cossacks under Miloradovich's command invited the King of Naples to become their Ataman.

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1872: in Naples, King Vittorio Emanuele II signs the decree establishing the Mountain Troops, simply called "Alpini". The idea was of the general Domenico Perrucchetti.


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Day 3 of tour of the Roman Bay of Naples, which I am honoured to guide lecture. A morning in the fabulous archaelogical museum in Naples, and an afternoon with all things Roman in Pozzuoli!!! Superb!

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Antonio Marinetti is a Comic Artist and Illustrator from Naples, Italy. His publishers are Sergiobonelli editore and Soleil
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in Naples in 1858 was born Vincenzo Migliaro, a master painter who captured life in Naples and the Amalfi coast. He was also one of the first to be displayed at the Biennale of Venice

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Triadic palette: Naples Yellow Light, Quin Red and Cobalt Blue. Another favourite limited palette <3 ⁠

If you'd like to see the painting process for this eye and a bunch of other studies exploring colour theory check out my TikTok

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☀️ For the Street Musicians fresco & the mosaic with the same scene were created after a common prototype dated to 3rd c. BC. The fresco is from the Villa Stabia near Pompeii, and the mosaic is from the Pompeii Villa of Cicero. Both are in the Naples museum today.

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A quick study. I used a triadic palette for this one: Cadmium Red Light, Naples Yellow and Indigo. This combination has quickly become one of my favourites!

I'd love to hear what your favourite colour combinations are!

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"Doves watering" - mosaic from the House of the Doves at Pompeii - Naples Archaeological Museum ().

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One moment in street life
📷Krzysztof Kuczera

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It’s and we’re celebrating with this beautiful detail of a bird by a fountain.

This is part of a much larger tripartite fresco from the House of the Golden Bracelet, Pompeii.

🏛 Naples Museum

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Here is a drawing of Berry, Cocoa and Créme using their wands to merge into Princess Naples.

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