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distance into which accomplishes her journey...since in the middle, in relation to the circle, perfection is found..."
Scholia Erga, 819

(Banquet scene from the Casa dei Casti Amanti, Pompeii)

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2023-01-18

The people of Pompeii didn’t realize they lived next to a volcano
Before the devastating eruption of 79 AD, the inhabitants of Pompeii had no idea they lived beside a volcano since it hadn’t erupted in around 1,800 years

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2023-01-17

"No hay un solo tipo de belleza; que cada una elija la que mejor le sienta, consultando primero con su propio espejo" (Ovidio, Ars Amatoria, III.133)

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2023-01-15

The House of the Vettii, reopened to the public this week so to celebrate one of its most renowned paintings: the punishment of Ixion who is attached to a wheel by Mercury.
A watercolour by Luigi Bazzani captures the room during its excavation in 1895.

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2023-01-13

The 18th century was a period of great archeological discoveries like the ones in Pompeii and Herculaneum. This made people interested in everything "ancient". Some of the most famous museums nowadays were built during this century, like the British National Gallery or the—

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2023-01-11


female painter sitting on a campstool, painting a statue (Dionysos or Priapos) onto a panel which is held by a boy; two women (customers) looking on - period / date: fourth style of pompeian wall

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2023-01-06


Menade (or maenad) in silk dress, a fresco from the Casa del Naviglio in 1st century AD, Naples National Museum.

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2023-01-06

First up is POMPEIIANO – the volcanic goat Pokémon. A dual fire / rock type, this cutie embodies our real world Pompeii, even wearing mosaic tiles and tapestries from the city destroyed by Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. (Its final form is called Vesuculo).

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2023-01-05

"Magna cura cibi, magna virtutis incuria."

(Casa dei casti Amanti di Pompei, I secolo d.C.)

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2023-01-03

This beautiful from the Villa of the Mysteries, shows a Roman matrona doing her with the help of one of her slaves, the ornatrix. Dated to ca. 80-70 BC. Observe her reflection in the mirror, the details of her hair, and

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2022-12-26

The Pompeii paintings at the Archaeological Museum of Bologna are fantastic. 1st cent. CE.

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2022-12-16

Pompeo Mariani - Mare in burrasca , 1925

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2022-12-10

à l'heure où toutes les plus vieilles licences de la planète (japonaises ou non) se font remaker, repomper, revitaliser... Qu'une adaptation fidèle, aux ambitions d'un Edgerunner, Devilman, Shingeki no Kyojin ou encore Arcane n'existe pas encore est un mystère pour moi...

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2022-12-09

“El último día de Pompeya”, de Karl Briulov, pintor ruso -

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2022-12-08

A Pompeian Bath, by John William Godward

She is now ashes in the wind.

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2022-12-03

Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp (2 December 1594 – 1652) was a Dutch portrait and landscape painter.Michiel Pompe van Slingelandt-1643

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2022-12-03

Fantástica acuarela realizada por Bernardino Montañés y Pérez en el silgo XIX. En ella podemos observar la rica decoración en primer estilo de la Casa del Fauno en con su opus sectile en el impluvium, así como elementos decorativos escultóricos. ©️📷

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2022-11-25