House of Venus in the shell, Pompeii
The House of Venus in the shell, Pompeii
Restored houses opened to public in Pompeii
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1. Tilt-down ruins in Pompeii, house of Marcus Lucretius
2. Frescoes on wall of house of Venus in the Shell
3. Fresco of Venus in the Shell in house of Venus in the Shell
4. Courtyard with trees and garden in house of Julia Felix
5. Visitors in courtyard of house of Ottavio Quartione
6. Painting on wall
7. Zoom out of plants in courtyard
8. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Massimo Osanna, Director of Authority (Superintendence) of Pompeii:
“Each house has its own extraordinary elements. Here there are these little thermal baths, they are miniature thermal baths, but they are jewels because they were decorated after the earthquake (of 62 AD) so they still have decorations that are in very good condition. But not only that, here there are water games (fountains and pools), euripi (little water channels), recreating a Nile-like countryside in the house. In the house of Ottavius Quartio, there is an image of the Nile - that is marked with a statue that we replaced with a copy, of the Nile - together with all the eclectic images that are typical of those final years before 79 (79 AD when Mount Vesuvius erupted).
9. Tilt down of courtyard in house of Ottavius Quartio
10. Sign reading: (Italian/English) “Pompeii Ruins”
11. Zoom out of courtyard
12. Road in Pompeii
13. Square columns in House of Julia Felix
14. Tilt up from mosaic to wide with statues in house of Marcus Luretius
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15. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Paolo Giulierini, Director of National Archaeological Museum:
“In this first part of the exhibit, you can follow the paths that we call the mythological links between man and nature in the Greek world first, and then in the Roman world, particularly referring to a couple key divinities, from Demeter, Goddess of the Harvest, to Trettolemo who as a half-God – through Demeter - brings the Cereal and introduces it to the ancient world, to Dionysus, the God of Wine.
16. Wide of stairs entering museum
17. Corridor in museum with artifacts
18. Statue of Atlas in museum
19. Ancient vases
20. Close of fresco showing young girl with wreath on head from Hercolaneum
21. Exhibit showing food burnt by lava found during excavations in Pompeii
22. Close of ancient bread, zoom out to display of food including seeds and fruit
23. Close of ancient charred bread loaf found in excavations
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Five newly restored houses once buried under the volcanic ash of mount Vesuvius can now be seen in the ruins of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii.
Italy’s Ministry of Culture opened a new exhibit called Myth and Nature, from Greece to Pompeii on Wednesday that allows visitors to traipse through the ancient homes, their gardens, courtyards and orchards with fruit trees.
Among the homes is that of a wealthy Roman woman called Julia Felix, her vast residence had a complicated hydraulic system for thermal baths.
In the House of Venus in the Shell one can now see the spectacular frescoes with the Goddess Venus in her shell.
Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79 covering the Roman city of Pompeii in volcanic ash, and capturing everything from human beings to food exactly where they were at the time.
The exhibit at Pompeii is in collaboration with the National Archeological Museum of Naples which includes items found during excavations in Pompeii, including a piece of bread, seeds, grapes and figs.
The newly restored homes will remain open for visitors through October.
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House of the Orchard, Pompeii
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House of Marco Lucrezio, Pompeii
House of Marco Lucrezio, Pompeii
House of the Gilded cupids, Casa Degli Amorini Dorati, Scavi di Pompei
The villa in Pompeii is 2000 years old and the frescoes are there for all to see....
For many centuries the villa lay under a thick layer of volcanic ash which preserved the building from decay.
During the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 the ancient Roman town of Pompeii was buried under many layers of ash only to be discovered about 1700 years later.
It's evident that the Ancient Romans of Biblical times who lived in this villa had a better quality of life than some people living on the planet today.
Julia Felix - The Matron | The voices of Pompeii
One of the characters chosen to show what daily life in Pompei was like the day before the eruption in 79 d.C., as if it were today.
Visiting the Ruins of Pompeii, Italy Travel Guide
Join us as we visit the Ruins of Pompeii, Italy in this travel guide covering this ancient Roman city near modern Naples, in the Campania region of Italy, in the territory of what is now the comune of Pompei. Pompeii was destroyed by volcanic ash and pumice during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius back in AD 79. After thoroughly exploring the pompeii ruins we head into modern Pompei city to visit more attractions and eat pizza at our favorite pizzeria.
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Visiting the Ruins of Pompeii, Italy Travel Guide Transcript:
While many travellers visit Pompeii on a day trip, we chose to base ourselves here for a few days. The main draw, of course, were the ruins of Pompeii, an ancient Roman city that was buried under ash and pumice when Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD. We spent half a day walking through the world's largest excavation and archaeological site, and what follows it our mini travel guide.
Our first stop inside the complex was the Amphitheatre of Pompeii. Built around 70 BC, this is the oldest surviving Roman amphitheatre to have been built of stone; for comparison the Colosseum in Rome wouldn’t come into existence for another century. We toured the grounds and also checked out the music exhibit on site, because it turns out a lot of bands have played here over the years!
After visiting the amphitheatre which is on the very east end, we started making our way into the city. The streets were cobbled and all along there were rows of houses and villas, many of them with impressive frescoes that tell the tale of a wealthy city with lavish homes.
One of the reasons Pompeii is so well preserved is because it was buried quickly by volcanic ash and pumice, plus the lack of air and moisture also allowed for the buried artifacts to be extremely well preserved. Stepping into the homes is like stepping into the past; you can still see the elaborate mosaic floors and vibrant frescoes frozen in time.
Continuing our walk through Pompeii, we eventually reached the Forum. This square would have been the centre of life for locals with temples, municipal buildings, and markets. The statue of the centaur, half-man half-horse, is a focal point, as is the view of Mount Vesuvius looking down on the ruins.
To finish off our visit of Pompeii, we walked along the southern edge of the ruined city where we saw the casts of the victims of Vesuvius. When archaeological teams began excavating Pompeii, they noticed there were large voids in the compacted ash whenever they were digging around bones. By pouring plaster into the spaces, they were able to capture the final poses of the residents’ last moments in the city.
One of the best discoveries of our time in Pompeii was Pizzeria Alleria, we stumbled here soaking wet on our first night in the city and we just couldn’t stay away after that. Here’s what the fuss is all about.
After that, we ended up getting a second Margherita pizza - the first one was just too tasty! - and then we also ordered the Nutella cheesecake, which was just as decadent as it looks.
We started our do-it-yourself tour of modern Pompei at Piazza Bartolo Longo, a beautiful plaza lined with palm trees right in the heart of the city. Standing in the square, it’s impossible to miss the Shrine of the Virgin of the Rosary of Pompei, where once you step you are greeted with painted domes and golden ceilings. And then from there, we went to the top of the bell tower for a 360-degree views of the city.
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8. Exploring Special Subjects on Pompeian Walls
Roman Architecture (HSAR 252)
Professor Kleiner discusses special subjects in Roman wall painting that do not fall within the four architectural styles but were nonetheless inserted into their wall schemes: mythological painting, landscape, genre, still life, history painting, and painted portraiture. The lecture begins with an in-depth examination of the unique Dionysiac Mysteries painting in Pompeii in which young brides prepare for and enter into a mystical marriage with the god Dionysus and simultaneous initiation into his cult. Professor Kleiner then presents a painted frieze from Rome that depicts the wanderings of Odysseus against a continuous landscape framed by Second Style columns. She subsequently analyzes Roman still life, remarkable in its similarity to modern still life painting; a scene of daily life in Pompeii; and a painting depicting a specific historical event--a riot in the Pompeii Amphitheater that caused the arena to be shut down for ten years. The lecture ends with a discussion of painted portraiture on Pompeian walls, including likenesses of two different women holding a similar stylus and wax tablet.
00:00 - Chapter 1. Initiation in the Villa of the Mysteries
08:45 - Chapter 2. A Mystical Marriage
25:44 - Chapter 3. The God of Wine and His Brides
36:04 - Chapter 4. Conclusion to the Initiation Rites
43:05 - Chapter 5. The Wanderings of Odysseus
56:44 - Chapter 6. Genre, Historical, and Portrait Painting
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House of Venus
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The Great Pompeii Project: New Life for the Dead City
Archaeology professor Massimo Osanna delivered a lecture titled The Great Pompeii Project: New Life for the Dead City, hosted by the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World. Osanna's lecture focused on the Great Pompeii Project, an initiative sponsored by the Italian government to preserve the archaeological area of Pompeii, the ancient city that was decimated by a nearby supervolcano nearly 2,000 years ago. Osanna, who teaches at University of Basilicata, is the superintendent of the archaeological heritage of Pompeii.
10 Things to do in Naples, Italy Travel Guide
Join us as we visit Naples, Italy in this travel guide covering 10 of the top things to do in the city including eating pizza! With two full days in Naples we tried to explore as much as this chaotic city as possible and ended up loving the experience.
10 Things to do in Naples City Tour | Italy Travel Guide: (Napoli)
Intro - 00:01
1) Piazza del Plebiscito - 00:59
2) Palazzo Reale Napoli / Royal Palace of Naples - 01:30
3) Castel Nuovo / New Castle - 02:37
4) Caffe Gambrinus - 03:33
5) Galleria Umberto I - 06:39
6) Eat Naples pizza (Neapolitan pizza: margherita & marinara) - 07:09
7) Fish Market in Naples - 08:54
8) Naples National Archaeological Museum (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli) - 09:35
9) Quartieri Spagnoli / Spanish Quarter - 10:10
10) Sunset on the Seafront Promenade the Bay of Naples - 10:40
Outro - 11:04
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Our visit Naples travel guide documentary covers some of the top attractions including a food guide to Neapolitan cuisine, top sightseeing tourist attractions and the city by day including visiting cathedrals, pizzerias, the old town, quirky neighborhoods and museums. We also cover off-the-beaten-path outdoor activities you won't find in a typical Naples tourism brochure, Naples itinerary or Naples, Italy city tour also known as Napoli Italia.
10 Things to do in Naples, Italy Travel Guide Video Transcript: (NAPOLI)
Tell anyone you’re travelling to Naples and you’ll likely get a few raised eyebrows with some side comments about the mafia, or grid-lock traffic, or garbage on the streets. Somewhere along the way, Naples seems to have earned a bad reputation, but we thought it all sounded a bit too harsh. We wanted to experience the city for ourselves, plus we’d also heard there was good pizza!
We ended up having a grand ol’ time, so join on us as we show you what you can get up to with a couple of days in Naples, plus somewhere along the way, we’ll also reveal where we ate our favourite pizza.
Piazza del Plebiscito seemed like a good place to start our tour. This is a large public square in Central Naples, that earned its name from the 1860 vote that brought Naples into the unified Kingdom of Italy.
The plaza is surrounded by numerous attractions, including the Royal Palace of Naples on one side, and the Basilica of San Francesco di Paola.
We then visited the Royal Palace of Naples. This was one of the four residences in Naples used by the Bourbon Kings during their rule of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
The admission fee was 4 Euros and this gave us access to the Royal Apartments where we got to admire porcelains, tapestries, sculptures and painted ceilings found within the palace walls.
We visited was Castel Nuovo, an imposing medieval castle that dates back to 1282. This castle was built when Charles I of Naples took the throne and moved his capital from Palermo to Naples.
Admission to the castle was 6 Euros per person.
We stopped by Caffe Gambrinus, a historic coffeehouse in the heart Naples for a bite and drink.
We visited Galleria Umberto I, which is a gallery which vaulted iron and glass ceilings, where you can shop & people watch.
This gallery dates back to the late 1880s and meant to be reminiscent of Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan.
While in Naples, we took it upon ourselves to find the best pizza in the city. This involved eating a total of 10 pizzas over two days.
In the end we decided Da Michele was our personal favourite.
Because we always enjoy visiting outdoor markets wherever we go, we stopped by the Fish Market.
Moving on to museums we visited Naples National Archaeological Museum. This museum holds the Farnese Marbles, which is an impressive collection of Roman copies of classical Greek sculptures and ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
Another place we visited in Naples was the Quartieri Spagnoli, or Spanish Quarter. The streets in this quarter were laid down during the 16th century for the Spanish military barracks outside the city walls. The streets here are narrow and the buildings tall.
And that’s a wrap for our quick 2-day tour of Naples. We hope this video gave you a few ideas of things you can do in the city and all the pizza you can eat in between.
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17. Bigger Is Better: The Baths of Caracalla and Other Second- and Third-Century Buildings in Rome
Roman Architecture (HSAR 252)
Professor Kleiner discusses the increasing size of Roman architecture in the second and third centuries A.D. as an example of a bigger is better philosophy. She begins with an overview of tomb architecture, a genre that, in Rome as in Ostia, embraced the aesthetic of exposed brick as a facing for the exteriors of buildings. Interiors of second-century tombs, Professor Kleiner reveals, encompass two primary groups -- those that are decorated with painted stucco and those embellished primarily with architectural elements. After a discussion of the Temple of the Divine Antoninus Pius and Faustina and its post-antique afterlife as the Church of S. Lorenzo in Miranda, Professor Kleiner introduces the Severan dynasty as it ushers in the third century. She focuses first on the Arch of Septimius Severus in the Roman Forum, the earliest surviving triple-bayed arch in Rome. She next presents the so-called Septizodium, a lively baroque-style façade for Domitian's Palace on the Palatine Hill. The lecture concludes with the colossal Baths of Caracalla, which awed the public by their size and by a decorative program that assimilated the emperor Caracalla to the hero Hercules.
00:00 - Chapter 1. A Brick Tomb for Annia Regilla on the Via Appia
17:44 - Chapter 2. Second-Century Tomb Interiors in Rome
24:42 - Chapter 3. The Tomb Of the Caetennii in the Vatican Cemetery
36:31 - Chapter 4. The Temple of Antoninus Pius and Faustina the Elder in the Roman Forum
46:21 - Chapter 5. The New Severan Dynasty and The Parthian Arch in the Roman Forum
01:01:59 - Chapter 6. Biggest Is Best: The Baths of Caracalla in Rome
Leda and the Swan in Renaissance Art
Leda and the Swan is a story from Greek mythology in which the God Zeus descended from the heavens in the form of a swan to seduce the mortal Leda. According to Greek mythology, Zeus seduced Leda on the same night that she slept with her husband King Tyndareus of Sparta which resulted in Leda giving birth to the famous Helen of Troy and Polydeuces from Zeus while at the same time bearing the children Castor and Clytemnestra from her husband. In some versions of the mythos, it is said that Leda laid two eggs from which the children of Zeus were hatched.
The subject undoubtedly owed its sixteenth-century popularity to the paradox that it was considered more acceptable to depict a woman in the act of copulation with a swan than with a man. The earliest depictions show the pair love-making with some explicitness—more so than in any depictions of a human pair made by artists of high quality in the same period.
Although popular, the theme remained a dangerous one in the Renaissance, as the fates of the three best known paintings on the subject demonstrate. Paintings depicting the subject were often based on the extremely brief account in the Metamorphoses of Ovid. Even Lorenzo de' Medici had both a Roman sarcophagus and an antique carved gem of the subject, both with reclining Ledas.
The earliest known explicit Renaissance depiction is one of the many woodcut illustrations to Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, a book published in Venice in 1499. This shows Leda and the Swan making love with gusto, despite being on top of a triumphal car, being pulled along and surrounded by a considerable crowd. An engraving dating to 1503 at the latest, by Giovanni Battista Palumba, also shows the couple in coitus, but in a deserted countryside. Another engraving, certainly from Venice and attributed by many to Giulio Campagnola, shows a love-making scene, but there Leda's attitude regarding the encounter is highly ambiguous.
Leonardo da Vinci began making studies in 1504 for a painting, apparently never executed, of Leda seated on the ground with her children. In 1508 he painted a different composition of the subject, with a nude standing Leda cuddling the Swan, with the two sets of infant twins and their huge broken egg-shells. The original of this is lost, probably deliberately destroyed, and was last recorded in the French royal Château de Fontainebleau in 1625 by Cassiano dal Pozzo. However it is known from many copies, of which the earliest are probably the Spiridon Leda, perhaps by a studio assistant and now in the Uffizi Gallery and the one at Wilton House in England.
Also lost, and probably deliberately destroyed, is Michelangelo's tempera painting of the pair making love, commissioned in 1529 by Alfonso d'Este for his palazzo in Ferrara, and taken to France for the royal collection in 1532. The last very famous Renaissance painting of the subject is Correggio's elaborate composition the subject. This too was damaged whilst in the collection of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, the Regent of France in the minority of Louis XV. His son Louis, though a great lover of painting, had periodic crises of conscience about his way of life, in one of which he attacked the figure of Leda with a knife. The damage has been repaired, though full restoration to the original condition was not possible. Both the Leonardo and Michelangelo paintings also disappeared when in the collection of the French Royal Family, and are believed to have been destroyed by more moralistic widows or successors of their owners.
On August 30th, 2017, Kodner Galleries will be auctioning off a Bronze sculpture on marble base titled Leda And The Swan by the artist Gennarelli. For more information or to place your bids, please visit kodner.com
Pompeii's House of the Tragic Poet
A brief tour of the House of the Tragic Poet as visited in April 2011. This is a good, well-preserved example of an atrium style house. Recorded for use with an elementary unit of study on Pompeii. Feel free to contact me for additional videos, photos, and resources.
Crown Jewels Lecture Series: Randolph Delehanty, Ph.D
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Documental sobre la Historia del Imperio Romano. Documentary about the history of the roman empire.
Con Octavio Augusto nació el Imperio Romano. Con él, la dinastía Julio-Claudia se hace con el poder absoluto de Roma, y comienza una expansión por diversos territorios, como Hispania, Retia, Nórica, Dalmacia, Panonia... Sus sucesores Tiberio, Calígula, Claudio y Nerón agrandarían el territorio romano por Galia, Germania y hasta Britania, combatiendo en un sin fin de guerras.
El reinado del último emperador de esta dinastía, Nerón, estaba bastante de la olla, y tras supuestamente incendiar Roma mientras tocaba la lira acabó generando tal caos que comenzó una guerra civil en el año 68, el año de los cuatro emperadores. Este conflicto acabó con la dinastía Flavia tomando el poder.
Sus tres emperadores, Vespasiano, Tito y Domiciano, se enfrentaron a problemas como la 1ª Guerra Judeo-Romana, la erupción del monte Vesubio en el 79 d.C. y algunos incendios de la capital romana. La dinastía al final cayó debido a Domiciano, que al igual que Nerón también estaba un poco loco.
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Rococo | Wikipedia audio article
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Rococo
00:01:00 1 Origin of the term
00:02:27 2 Characteristics
00:03:35 3 France
00:05:03 4 Italy
00:06:25 5 Southern Germany and Russia
00:10:32 6 Britain
00:12:58 7 Decline and end
00:15:09 8 Furniture and decoration
00:18:07 9 Painting
00:20:58 10 Sculpture and porcelain
00:23:37 11 Music
00:25:16 12 Fashion
00:28:50 13 Gallery
00:28:59 13.1 Architecture
00:29:07 13.2 Engravings
00:29:15 13.3 Painting
00:29:24 13.4 Rococo era painting
00:29:33 14 See also
00:30:06 15 Notes and citations
00:30:16 16 Bibliography
00:32:50 17 Further reading
00:33:50 18 External links
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Rococo ( or ), less commonly roccoco, or Late Baroque, was a highly ornamental and theatrical style of decoration which combined asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colors, sculpted molding, and trompe l'oeil frescoes to create the illusions of surprise, motion and drama. It first appeared in France and Italy in the 1730s and spread to Central Europe in the 1750s and 1760s. It is often described as the final expression of the Baroque movement.The Rococo style began in France in the first part of the 18th century in the reign of Louis XV as a reaction against the more formal and geometric Style Louis XIV. It was known as the style rocaille, or rocaille style. It soon spread other parts of Europe, particularly northern Italy, Bavaria, Austria, other parts of Germany, and Russia. It also came to influence the other arts, particularly sculpture, furniture, silverware and glassware, painting, music, and theatre.