Tag: Pompeii
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01 Work, The art of War, József Molnár’s The Destruction of Pompeii, with Footnotes
Of the many eruptions of Mount Vesuvius, a major stratovolcano in southern Italy, the best-known for its eruption in 79 AD, which was one of the deadliest. In autumn of 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius violently spewed forth a cloud of super-heated tephra and gases to a height of 33 km (21 mi), ejecting molten rock,…
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01 Work, The art of War, Karl Bryullov’s The Last Day of Pompeii, with Footnotes
The destruction of Pompeii, Italy, is one of the most well-preserved catastrophes in human history. But scientists still disagree on how exactly thousands of Roman people died during those two fateful days in 79 C.E. For decades, many experts thought they asphyxiated amid the massive clouds of ash belched from the volcanic eruption of Mount…
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23 Works, December 18th. is Frank O. Salisbury’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #251
Painted in 1911 it is a figurative landscape of soldiers on the battlefield. The two central characters, the ‘Christian Soldiers’ from the early crusades have halos and ride through the chaos on white horses. Shafts on light with angels illuminate them and also a crucifix. A very powerful Edwardian religious oil painting and an excellent…
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23 Works, December 18th. is Frank O. Salisbury’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #251
Painted in 1911 it is a figurative landscape of soldiers on the battlefield. The two central characters, the ‘Christian Soldiers’ from the early crusades have halos and ride through the chaos on white horses. Shafts on light with angels illuminate them and also a crucifix. A very powerful Edwardian religious oil painting and an excellent…
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House of Venus and Mars/ Ares and Aphrodite 01 Fresco, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, pictorial decoration of the mansions of Pompeii, with footnotes, #10a
House of Venus and Mars/ Ares and Aphrodite Between circa 75 and circa 100 AD Fresco on plaster cm 99 x 90 National Archaeological Museum of Naples Venus and Mars Fresco above shows the Roman gods Venus, goddess of love, and Mars, god of war, in an allegory of beauty and valour. The Fresco was probably intended to…
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