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MAD for POMPEII: Parcels of Dionysian Whimsies
When the ruins of Pompeii came to light, they caused a revolution in taste- stripping away rococo gilt, reshaping the female figure, and leaving a deposit of pseudo-Greek temples from Moscow to Mississippi; although what sometimes passed for “classical” would … Continue reading
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Tagged Archibald Alison, César Famin, Dionysiac Mystery Cult Pompeii, Dr. Joanne Berry, Giambattista Piranesi, Giorgio Sommer, Horace Walpole, J.B. Hare, J.B. Hare Pompeii, Jean Racine, Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Joseph Addison, Lady Emma Hamilton, Lord Pembroke, Pliny the Younger, Pompeii Art, Pompeii frecoes, R.A.S Seaford, Richard West, Sir William Hamilton, Villa of the Mysteries Pompeii
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