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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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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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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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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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PREOCCUPIED WITH GOODNESS: Almost Forgivable Appetites For Life
Tom Jones was perpetually in delicate situations. As Henry Fielding remarked in one of his digressions,” It is not enough that your designs, nay, that your actions are intrinsically good; you must take care that they appear so.” Tom was … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Pettit, Alexander Pope, Aphra Behn, Brian McCrea, C.J. Rawson, Claude Rawson, Daniel Defoe, G.M. Godden, Henry Fielding, Horace Walpole, Ian Hislop, James Gillray, John Collet, John Trusler, Larry Laban, Laurence Stern, Laurence Sterne, Manfred Weidhorn, Martin C. Battestin, Matthew Wickham, Oliver Goldsmith, Rev. John Trusler, Robin Bates, Russell A. Hunt, Sally Feldman, Samuel Johnson, Samuel Richardson, Samuel taylor Coleridge, Sarah Fielding, Simon Varey, Sir Robert Walpole, Thomas Gray, Thomas R. Cleary, Thomas Rowlandson, William Hogarth
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LURKING DISASTERS THAT AWAIT ALL GOOD MEN
Peter Pumpkinhead came to town Spreading wisdom and cash around Fed the starving and housed the poor Showed the vatican what gold’s for But he made too many enemies Of the people who would keep us on our knees Hooray … Continue reading
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Tagged C.J. Rawson, Cervantes, Claude Rawson, Francisco Goya, G.M. Godden, George Bernard Shaw, Henry Fielding, Horace Walpole, James Gillray, Jonathan Jones Guardian, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Larry Laban, Mary Vidal, Oliver Goldsmith, Pablo Picasso, Paul Baines, Richard Dorment, Robert Walpole, Samuel Johnson, Samuel Richardson, Thomas Gray, Thomas Rowlandson, Titian Venus of Urbino, William Makepiece Thackeray, William Shenstone
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