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Dazzling ancient colours of Pompeii's beautiful household shrines (lararia) - by the brilliant Luigi Bazzani who spent 35 years from 1880-1915 documenting the ongoing excavations of Pompeii with masterful watercolor paintings.

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2021-03-25

For the figure of a winged victory from the Moregine complex near harbour. The use of light in this painting is just extraordinary - the delicate white lines to pick out details, the shine on the helmet and the face. It is almost luminous.

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2021-03-05

Pompeii's newest artifex, Clara (coming soon to a CLC edition near you, if she hasn't already!) is now the subject of a Latin haiku. optimē, Valentina! 🖌️

📕 https://t.co/cWz0QyLnrS

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2021-01-29

This pirate made it's way of doctor, changing their ayes and arghs for Pompeii's intro.
Idea, executed, here you go.

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2021-01-28

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

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

Urania, the muse of astronomy, can easily be identified by her globe.

The word museum derives from the Greek word 'mouseion', meaning ‘seat of the Muses’.

Detail of a fresco from the Moregine site, 600m from Pompeii's Stabian Gate.

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2020-03-30

Click here to see before and after pics of Pompeii's restored frescoes: http://t.co/QSAwodJRrn

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2015-06-25