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In earlier times pagan temples were converted in Christian churches, mausoleums made to serve as fortresses, sarcophagi put to use as bathtubs: by such thrifty and practical expedients untold treasures from classical antiquity have been preserved from ruin and destruction… … Continue reading
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Tagged church of Sant' Adriano, church SS. Cosma e Damiano, Giambattista Piranesi, James Stuart and Nicholas Revett, Library of Augustus, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Mary Beard, Piranesi etchings Rome, San Lorenzo in Miranda, Santa Maria Antiqua, temple Divine Romulus, temple of Antoninus and Faustina
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re-use it: grab it while you can
In earlier times pagan temples were converted into Christian churches: the key to the terrible attrition of the ancient buildings cannot be put on the shoulders of barbarians and zealots. No, it was the thrift instinct. By the practical expedient … Continue reading
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Tagged James Stuart and Nicholas Revett, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Mary Beard, ruins of Aphrodisias Geyre, temple of Hephaestus Agora, The Temple of Erechtheus Acropolis, Turkish village Geyre
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antiquity: thrifty and expedient
…One wonders in looking at the the desolation of the Roman Forum or the Athenian Agora, of all the architectural splendor which once adorned these centres, why there is so little to see. Why have so many buildings vanished entirely … Continue reading
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Tagged Antiquities of Athens Stuart and Revett, Giambattista Piranesi, Giovanni Arberino sarcophagus, James Stuart and Nicholas Revett, John of Velletri bishop, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Mary Beard, Piranesi etchings, Piranesi Rome, Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Willem van Neulandt, Willem van Nieulandt
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know your place: 11 candles
Do the great unwashed deserve a minute of silence at the Olympic games? Rationally, No. If looked at within the confines of the Arab-Israel conflict spilled over into the Olympiad, it was unfortunate. But within a larger context, its a … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Gilady, Anke Spitzer, Ankie Spitzer, Arik Ze'evi, Bob Costas, Dayan Menachem Gelley, doug saunders globe and mail, Ilana Romano, Iran Olympic Team, Israel Olympic Team, Jacques Rogge, Javad Mahjoob, Jim Thorpe, Londom Shomrim Patrol, Malkah Fleisher, Mark Regev, Mary Beard, Minute of Silence for Munich, Munich Israel Olympics, Pierre de Coubertin, Zvi Varshaviak
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gold rings in a Cretan dark age
It was unearthed in a burial chamber of a Minoan princess. It indicated that Crete, even in its “dark age” nourished a brilliant civilization…. “An unusual find was made however, close to the entrance to the side chamber, when the … Continue reading
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Tagged Cathy Gere, Dilys Powell, Evelyn Waugh, Heraklion Museum, J.A. MacGillivary, John Sakellarakis, King of Minos Ring, Mary Beard, Minoan Crete, ring of minos, Sir Arthur Evans
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POMPEII NIGHT TRIPPER : Don’t Disturb Sign Between the Ruins
I took a midnight walk in the ruins /Guess I was looking for your face /I felt a chill in the air/ I knew then I was in the right place/ Turned over a blue stone just to see what … Continue reading
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Tagged Archibald Alison, Bridget Johnson, Chia Sihan, Elisabetta Povoledo, Emma Hamilton, Giambattista Piranesi, Gilbert Bagnani, Giorgio Sommer, Horace Walpole, Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Judith Harris, Mary Beard, Michael Day The Independant, Ovid, Peter Himmelman, Peter Pophamin Rome, Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd Pompeii, Pliny the Younger, Pompeii Art, Pompeii erotic art, Pompeii frecoes, Richard West, Robert Fulford, Sir William Hamilton, Thomas Gray, Thomas Wright
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POMPEII: Gods Indifferent To The Power of Prayer
When the ruins came to light, they caused a revolution in taste-stripping away rococo gilt, reshaping the female figure, and leaving deposit of pseudo-Greek temples from Moscow to Mississippi- although what sometimes passed for “classical” would have bewildered the ancients. … Continue reading
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Tagged Archibald Alison, Bacchus, Emma Hamilton, Giambattista Piranesi, Horace Walpole, Josiah Wedgewood, Judith Harris, Mark Morford, Mary Beard, Pink Floyd Pompeii, Pliny the Younger, Pompeii, Pompeii Art, Pompeii erotic art, Pompeii frecoes, Pompeii statues, Richard West, Sir William Hamilton, Thomas Gray, Winckelmann
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