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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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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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2021-01-22

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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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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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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2020-11-13

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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