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Painting in ancient Rome. Painting in ancient Rome is a still poorly understood topic in the history of painting, as its study is hampered by the scarcity of relics. Much of what we know today about Roman painting is due to a natural tragedy. When the volcano Vesuvius erupted in AD 79 it buried two thriving cities, Pompeii and Herculaneum.
The Roman ruins of São Cucufate (or alternately, the Roman ruins of the Villa of São Cucufate, Ruins of Santiago, Archaeological ruins of São Cucufate or Roman villa of São Áulica) is a Romanesque archaeological site, located on the ruins of a Roman-era agricultural farm in the civil parish of Vila de Frades, in the municipality of Vidigueira, in the southern Alentejo, Portugal.
Francisco de Holanda [a] (c. 1517 – 19 June 1585) was a Portuguese artist, architect, and art essayist. He served as a court painter for the kings João III of Portugal and Sebastião of Portugal. He was an influential figure in the Portuguese Renaissance. After a stay in Italy, he returned to Portugal and contributed to the propagation of ...
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino [a] (Italian: [raffaˈɛllo ˈsantsjo da urˈbiːno]; March 28 or April 6, 1483 – April 6, 1520), [2] [b] now generally known in English as Raphael (UK: / ˈ r æ f eɪ. ə l / RAF-ay-əl, US: / ˈ r æ f i. ə l, ˈ r eɪ f i-, ˌ r ɑː f aɪ ˈ ɛ l / RAF-ee-əl, RAY-fee-, RAH-fy-EL), [4] was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance.
Las Médulas. / 42.469389°N 6.770750°W / 42.469389; -6.770750. Las Médulas ( Spanish pronunciation: [las ˈmeðulas]) is a historic gold-mining site near the town of Ponferrada in the comarca of El Bierzo ( province of León, Castile and León, Spain ). It was the most important gold mine, as well as the largest open-pit gold mine in ...
Cueva de las Manos refers to both the main site of the cave and the surrounding complex of rock art sites that includes it. [1] The cave lies at the base of a stepped cliff in the Pinturas River Canyon, in the upper part of the Deseado River basin, [2] [3] [4] in an isolated part of Patagonia. [5] It is about 165 km (103 mi) south of Perito ...
Paris. On the left: Witches' Sabbath (The Great He-Goat) The Black Paintings (Spanish: Pinturas negras) is the name given to a group of 14 paintings by Francisco Goya from the later years of his life, likely between 1819 and 1823. They portray intense, haunting themes, reflective of both his fear of insanity and his bleak outlook on humanity.
The Colosseum is today one of Rome's most popular tourist attractions, receiving millions of visitors annually. The effects of pollution and general deterioration over time prompted a major restoration programme carried out between 1993 and 2000, at a cost of Lire 40 billion ($19.3m / €20.6m at 2000 prices).