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The Big Hunting Mosaic

2/27/2013

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A brief video of one of the most precise description of ancient roman hunting.
In empirial age the hunting shows were frequently offered to the roman citizens throughout the roman empire in both circuses and arenas.
Several species of wild animals were extinguished in the roman empire, as the lions and elephants in north Africa.
The video shows wild beasts taken in the boats to be shipped.
From the Villa Romana in piazza Armerina, Sicily.
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Fashion Comes Back n° 3

2/26/2013

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Hera: roman copy from original of V century BC
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Jessica: 2012
Comparing the two sandals you can see they’re just the same! As you see fashion comes back after 2500 years!!
The marble feet belongs to an exceptional sculpture depicting Hera, made in Parian marble and dating to the Antonine age: 2nd century AD. The sculpture was discovered in the Palatine stadium in 1878 and is now located in the wonderful Antiquarium of the Palatine hill. It’s a roman copy of the after a Greek original of the late 5th century BC. From.
The human feet belongs to my friend Jessica. 

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The origins of Rome: Fresco from Pompeii 35-45AD

2/25/2013

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The foundation of  Rome was celebrated in many ways, even depicted in private houses.

This fresco has been found in Pompeii and detached from the walls of a domus.

The elements of the tale are the figure of Mars, the nursing twins, Rea Silvia, and the evocation of places connected with the origins of the city.

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The 'Cortigiane': roman prostitutes

2/5/2013

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In the middle of the XVI century the pope Pius V would have liked to banish the prostitutes from the eternal city, but this proved impracticable.

He tried to isolate them in a restricted area of their own near Ripetta, rome's harbor area.

The pope Sixtus V, coping again with the problem, orderedn the cortigiane off the main streets of the city and forbade then to go abroad after Ave Maria, at sunset.


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A Canova's Cherub

2/2/2013

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A detail of a fascinating canvas painted by Antonio Canova, renewed neoclassical sculptor and leading personality of the neoclassical artistic movement.
This little cherub attract me for it's freshness, tenderness and curious attitude.
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Palazzo Braschi Museum
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