Pompeian, Third style, first Imperial age - New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image copyright The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Art Resource/Scala, Florence
Pompei: the splendid deception of painting
of Lorenzo Gualtieri • October 2022
The city destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD has not only restored to us a “film” of the life of the Romans two thousand years ago, but also a wealth of artwork and wall decorations that have miraculously survived over time
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