Archaeologists have uncovered a tiny house in Pompeii that is filled with elaborate – and sometimes erotic – frescoes, further revealing the ornate way in which Romans decorated their homes.
Led by forensic pathologist Andreas G. Nerlich of Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, a team of international experts propose that Michelangelo's fresco "The Flood" in the Sistine Chapel portrays ...
One fresco likely portrays the Judgement of Paris ... Elsewhere in this newly excavated house, the last ritual offerings left before the eruption still remain at the household shrine, known ...
Another may be an illustration of the Judgement of Paris, another Greek myth, although the scene was difficult to decipher because the fresco had ... Some items from the last offering before ...
Paris may be known as the City of Love (or officially, lights), but France’s romantic capital city doesn’t capture the heart ...
A fourth damaged fresco may portray the Judgement of Paris ... According to Pompeii’s archaeologists, the altar once held a last offering which included burned essences, a fig leaf, and a ...
The Los Angeles-based painter Witt Fetter goes on a reinvigorating journey to the Italian island Ponza and immerses in its ...