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adam : jacobite gardens
Robert Adam, the greatest architect of eighteenth-century England, spent as much care on the interiors and furnishings as on the outside walls of the buildings he designed. His sense of classical elegance was shaped in Italy by his study of … Continue reading
nelson and we happy few: band of brothers
Napoleon’s ships drifted helplessly at anchor; Lord Nelson boldly closed on them, improvising his tactics as he bore down on the French fleet. Nelson was victorious, as was his habit, and with the victory came British control of the Meditteranean … Continue reading
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Tagged Admiral Brueys, Dick Winters band of Brothers, James Gillray, Jean Antoine Gros, Jean Leon Gerome, Lady Emma Hamilton, Lord Spencer, Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon Bonaparte Battle of the Nile, Nicholas Pocock, Sir William Hamilton, stephen e. ambrose, Steven Spielberg, T.Rees Shapiro, Thomas Rowlandson, Tom Hanks
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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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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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FROM POMPEII to Madame de Pompadour:Games People Play
When the volcano Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, it destroyed the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, as well as a host of luxury villas overlooking the Bay of Naples. That ancient tragedy was a gift to the modern world: the … Continue reading
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Tagged Archibald Alison, badarthistory.blogspot, Calouste Gulbenkian, Casanova, Chia Sihan, Claude Lorrain, Cochin, Comte de Caylus, David Watkin, Dominique-Vivant Denon, Emma Hamilton, Fragonard, Francois Boucher, Gail Leggio, Giacomo Casanova, Giambattista Piranesi, Giorgio Sommer, Gordon Brown, Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Judith Harris, Laurence Sterne, madame de Pompadour, Marie-Louise O'Murphy, Nicolas Poussin, O'Murphy, Pliny the Younger, Pompeii Art, Pompeii erotic art, Pompeii statues, Robert Fulford, Sevres Porcelain, Sir William Hamilton, Teresa Cutler, Vincennes porcelain, Wendy Thompson
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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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