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POMPEII: Adam and Adamesque
When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D. , the ensuing earthquake and volcanic ash buried the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum until their rediscovery in the eighteenth century. When the ruins came to light, they caused a revolution in taste-stripping … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Greville, Edith Piaf, Emma Hamilton, Giambattista Piranesi, Horace Walpole, James Adam architect, Jean Francois Chalgrin Architect, Jean Racine, Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Joseph Addison, Josiah Wedgwood, Karl Weber Pompeii, Queen Maria Carolina of Naples, Robert Adam Architect, Sir William Hamilton, Syon House, William Beckford
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PASSION FOR POMPEII: “RANDY FOR ANTIQUE”
It was buried by a volcanic eruption in 79 A.D. Pompeii. When the ruins came to light, beginning in 1747, they caused a revolution in taste- stripping away rococo gilt, reshaping the female figure , and leaving a deposit of … Continue reading
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Tagged Archibald Alison, Benjamin West, Bulwer-Lytton, Charles Greville, Christopher C. Parslow, Claude Lorrain, Dr. Salvatore Ciro Nappo, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Eleanor Coade, Emma Hamilton, George Romney, Giambattista Piranesi, Giorgio Sommer, Goethe, Goethe Italy, Horace Walpole, Jean Racine, Johann Joachim Winckelmann, John Flaxman, Joseph Addison, Josiah Wedgewood, Josiah Wedgwood, Judith Harris, Karl Weber Pompeii, Lord Nelson, Matthew Boulton, Nicolas Poussin, Queen Maria Carolina of Naples, Richard West, Robert Adam Architect, Robert Fulford, Sir William Hamilton, The Grand Tour, Thomas Gray, William S. Anderson
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Antique Eurythmics: “TABLEAU VIVANTS” at POMPEII
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, Charles Greville, Claude Lorrain, Cochin, Comte de Caylus, Emma Hamilton, Fragonard, Francois Boucher, George Romney, Giambattista Piranesi, Goethe, Horace Walpole, Horatio Nelson, Jean Racine, Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Joseph Addison, Joshua Reynolds, Lord Nelson, Lord Pembroke, Pompeii, Pompeii Art, Pompeii frescoes, Queen Maria Carolina of Naples, Revett, Richard West, Thomas Gray, Vivien Leigh
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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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SPACE CADETS & MECHANIC METEORS
After generations of trial and error, mostly error, man’s age old dream of flying was realized near the end of the eighteenth century in the form of the hot air balloon. This was followed by several decades where daring aeronauts … Continue reading
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Tagged Albertus Magnus, Benjamin Franklin, Dr. Johnson, Emanuel Swedenborg, Etienne Montgofier, Father Francesco de Lana, Friar Roger Bacon, Henry Cavendish, Horace Walpole, hot air balloons history, J.A.C. Charles, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, Joseph Addison, Joseph Priestley, Leonardo Da Vinci, Montgolfier, Vincent Lunardi
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AGREEABLE NEGLIGENCE: PLEASURE REGARDLESS OF CONSEQUENCE
There was a time when landed gentry were able to lead a life of extraordinary privilege and freedom. It was the era of the lordly pleasures. Secure in their wealth, confident of their position, indulged by their countrymen, the aristocrats … Continue reading
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Tagged Capability Brown, Earl Bathurst, Earl of Burlington, Earl of Orford, George Walpole, Georgian England, Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire, Horace Walpole, John Zoffany, Joseph Addison, Lord Bathurst, Lord Rokeby, Pompeo Batoni, Sir Robert Walpole, Thomas Gainsborough, William Kent
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