'Flora' - wallpainting from the villa at Campo Verano (near Pompeii) #FrescoFriday romansociety.org/Imago/Image-De…
As the news broke in time for #FrescoFriday The ‘black room’ discovered in #Pompeii . 📷 Photograph: Parco Archeologico Di Pompei/Reuters 😍
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#FrescoFriday ; from the tablinum of the Casa dell'ara Massima at #Pompeii , a scene of Narcissus admiring his reflection in the water, set in a painted window with folding shutters among other wall decoration.
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Part of a fresco showing an intimate scene from a private building in #Pompeii which was destroyed in the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. It dates to roughly 50-79 AD and is on display in the National Archaeological Museum in #Naples , #Italy .
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It would be hard to go past the new frescoes unveiled at Pompeii this week. Leda and swan has been the subject of a couple of newly found frescoes over the past few years and this one is a subtle play of pinks against the dark background.
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#FrescoFriday - A Roman fresco of a swan that adorned the tablinum of the House of Fortune in Carthago Nova (modern-day Cartagena, Spain). The house dates to the late 1st century BC and was occupied until the late 2nd century AD.
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Fabulous collection of wall paintings of Abbaye Saint-André-de- #Lavaudieu ', #Auvergne , #HauteLoire
Here, 'the delight of St Magdalene' framed by two angels, the details of the clothing and the floral decorations are stunning.
One of the greatest tragedies in the #RomanEmpire 's history, the Vesuvius eruption of 79 AD, continues to surprise us all those centuries later.
Such is the case of this perfectly preserved fresco, freshly uncovered in Pompeii this week!
Just in time for #FrescoFriday !
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Saint Gotthard, patron saint of alpine passes, an 11th century Bavarian bishop and religious reformer. Medieval fresco, Chiesa di Santa Maria del Tiglio, Gravadona, Italy.
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Isabella of Portugal (1397-1471), Duchess consort of Burgundy who served as regent of the Burgundian Low Countries in 1439 and 1441. Fresco dated 1488 in the Sint-Hubertuskapel within the Groot Vleeshuis, Ghent, Belgium:
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Who's this appearing on BBC One news? It's only Dr Sophie Hay with a wonderful #Roman fresco from Pompeii Sites 🤩
#FrescoFriday on a thursday 👍
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Painted plaster found at Caerleon fortress baths. 📷 My own.
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#FrescoFriday Saint Ignazio's Church The composition of the ceiling is beautiful, in the center St. Ignatius receives the light from Christ and reflects it to the 4 continents known up to then: Europe, Africa, Asia, America morerome.travel.blog/2023/08/01/chi…
Wall painting from the 18th century BCE depicting Zimri-Lim, king of the city state of Mari, receiving a ring & staff as symbols of rule from the goddess, Ishtar. Painting was discovered in situ on its original wall at the Royal Palace of Mari, Syria. #FrescoFriday
