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'Sterven in schoonheid' is een ode aan de schoonheid in Pompeï en Herculaneum. Nog te zien in t/m 26 maart 2023.

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2023-02-06

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

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Pt ofthe "MANN.Selected" & "HEADS.Sculpture" MSP Web Gals

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2022-12-04

Food for thought.

Some frescoes from the House of the Stags are in situ, and many are on display in - note the coins wedged in the dates.I like the idea that they could represent perpetual offerings to the gods.

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2022-10-28

in 79 AD, Mt. Vesuvius erupted in southern Italy, destroying the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Centuries later, this cataclysmic force of nature would inspire an artist, a rose hybridizer, and a scholar. 🌋 https://t.co/TufaOtkLrF

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2022-08-25

I colored the Herculaneum Centaur Waifu and her twink boyfriend
not my best work, but it helped me chill after a rough week

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2022-08-21


Part of a wall-#painting from the Villa of the Papyri. Four ducks have been hung above two antelope. The antelopes are still alive, and their hooves have been tied. Hunting is a common them in the wall-paintings of and

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2022-05-06

| A lively Roman fresco depicting Hercules discovering his son Telephus.

Found in Herculaneum, Telephus is suckled by a deer as Arkadia, Pan and a winged Virgo watch on.

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2022-04-22

- House of the Deer (IV, 21)

This fresco consists of three One portrays a peach branch; on another the upper step there is a large plate of matte glass, lowboard, with figs and dates. As well as other fruits.

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2022-04-01

Herculaneum's joining the trend.

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2022-03-22

Portici / Ercolasno. - "Statues de Bronze tirees d'Herculaneum Conservees dans de Musaeum de Portici"

PAIR of copper etchings, Page Nrs: 114 and 115, by Louis Durameau

Paris, ca. 1780

Bronze statues found during the excavations of Ercolano (Herculaneum)

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2022-03-11

While studying Art History, I recall my professor saying that the phalluses reliefs on the stone might've also been a way to mark the path to the closest brothel. Great if you don't speak the language!🤓

Erotic Art in Pompeii and Herculaneum
https://t.co/lEdfZHnf05

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2022-02-04

No title: Three naked young men servants, their heads decorated with olive branches, with an olive branch in one hand and a tray in the other

Wall frescos discovered during excavation in Ercolano / Herculaneum

Published in "Le Antichita di Ercolano esposte"

Naples, 1757-1792

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2021-12-23


shoiwng scene of dressing a priestess or Found in the palaestra of the Forum Baths at  Dated back to the 1st C AD.

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2021-12-17


Herakles finds his son Telephos

version of a original of the 2nd century BCE
~Wall painting from

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2021-11-19

Watched a very interesting tv programme with Bettany Hughes last night, about the sad demise of 4 citizens at Pompeii & Herculaneum during Vesuvius’ eruption.I was so struck with the stunning depictions of nature in their murals & frescoes...

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2021-10-30

"In Perpetuum" - 17hrs in Procreate based on a statue of an Amazon that was found in Herculaneum

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2021-10-04

We've all had those days where your phallus unexpectedly transforms into a panther...

It's so here's a bronze tintinnabulum from Herculaneum showing that very problem.

Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (27853). Link - https://t.co/sTC7Eqqepm

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2021-08-12

Hercules first of 12tasks: Defeat the Nemean Lion.
The Nimean Lion was not just "a lion". It was, in Greek Mythology,  a monster lion living in Nemea (a city on the Peloponnese).
Wall fresco in Herculaneum
Anonymous hand-colored (gouache) copper etching.
Published 1757-1792

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2021-08-03