Italia Napoli Museo Archeologico6

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An hour _at_ the museum
National Archaeological Museum
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Metro
Cappella Sansevero
Piazza Dante
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The National Archaeological Museum of Naples is
not merely one of the most remarkable collections
of ancient exhibits in the world. The museum,
established by King Charles II in the late 18th
century, has one of the world's best collections
of Greek and Roman antiquities, including
mosaics, sculptures, gems, glass and silver, and
a collection of Roman erotica from Pompeii. The
most remarkable and unequaled feature of the
Museo is its collection of ancient paintings,
formed after the discovery of the Vesuvian cities
(Herculaneum in 1738, Pompeii and Stabiae in
1748). The 1st floor is largely devoted to
fascinating discoveries from Pompeii,
Herculaneum, Boscoreale, Stabiae and Cumae. Among
them are whimsical wall frescoes from the Villa
di Agrippa Postumus, the Casa di Meleagro and
Villa Arianna. King Charles de Bourbon financed
the early excavations, and arranged for the
objects uncovered to be displayed to those who
asked his permission in the Herculanense Museum,
located within his palace at Portici.
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The flight of the Bourbons after the revolution
of 1799 and the Napoleonic advance of 1806 marked
the beginning of the end of this display.
Ferdinand took large numbers of archeological
finds with him to Palermo, and these never
returned from Sicily. Then it was decided to
transfer the entire contents of the Museum of
Portici to Naples, a decision influenced both by
the opportunity to move the collection and by
concerns for security, relating in part to the
eruptions of Vesuvius. The transfer was completed
in stages by 1826.
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Fresco showing a young man with a scroll labeled
Plato, from Pompeii, House of the Apartment
Fresco showing a young man with a scroll labeled
Plato, from Pompeii, House of the Apartment
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Pompeii Insula Occidentalis
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Pompeii Insula Occidentalis
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The tondo of Woman with wax tablets and stylus
(so-called "Sappho"), in the IV Pompeian style,
which dates to 55-79 AD according to a stylistic
analysis, was discovered in the House VI in
Pompeii
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Perseus and Andromeda with Medusa head From Casa
della Saffo, Pompeii VI
Pompeii Insula Occidentalis
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Perseus and Andromeda with Medusa head
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The Three Graces, from Pompeii Insula
Occidentalis
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The Three Graces, from Pompeii Insula
Occidentalis
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Two women with wax tablets and stylus I sec,
Herculaneum Theatre
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Fresco of a young man with a papyrus scroll,
from Herculaneum, 1st century AD
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The method for removing frescoes was quickly
improved by those directing the work, and the
extraction was carried out in blocks (a
massello). Or rather The wall around the
painting that is to be moved is cut into in such
a way that the four sides are as straight as
possible. Then four wooden beams are inserted
into the cuts, held by and enclosed within long
iron beams. Once this is done, the wall is cut
from behind and removed along with the painting.
The precaution is taken to reinforce it with a
slab of a type of slate or of a thin black stone
called lavagna which is securely attached to
the plaster upon which the fresco is painted. It
is much easier to detach the painting in this way
than to remove the plaster that the painting is
on. Thus all medium-sized paintings are removed
in this way without suffering any damage (from
Saint-Nan, Voyage pittoresque, 1781). The
framework that had been used to remove the
painting then became the support for the frame
which held, in the early years, crystal glass
sheets. In this way painted frescos became many
beautiful pictures for the king
Phrixos and Helle, fresco (45-79 AD) Pompeii
Insula Occidentalis
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River divinity Isis temple Pompeii
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Pompeii Casa della Citarista
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Paquio Proculo (Terentius Neo) and wife Pompeii,
Casa di Terentius Neo
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Stabiae, Villa Arianna
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Ariadne and Dionysus (Couple in Flight), 1st
century Fresco from Stabiae, Villa Arianna
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The Flora or the Spring is a fresco (38 x 32 cm)
found in Stabiae in Villa Arianna. It's one of
the most famous and loved frescoes, the
undisputed masterpiece of painting from the Roman
period (third Pompeian style)
Leda and the swan, from Stabiae, Villa Arianna
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Frescos from Stabiae, Villa Arianna
Diana
Medea
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Fragment of the frescoed decoration of the
entrance wall of a summer triclinium (Stabiae)
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Frescos from Stabiae, Villa Arianna
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Wall paintings of landscapes Stabiae, Villa
Arianna, found 26th July 1759
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Wall paintings of landscapes Stabiae, Villa
Arianna, found 26th July 1759
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Wall paintings of landscapes Stabiae, Villa
Arianna, found 26th July 1759
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Wall paintings Stabiae, Villa Arianna
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Wall painting Stabiae, Villa Arianna, found
17th January 1761
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Stabiae, Villa Arianna, Caricature of Aeneas on
the run with Anchises and Ascanio
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Stabiae, Villa Arianna
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From 1752 Camillo Paderni (Custodian of the
Herculaneum Museum until 1781) was responsible
for choosing which paintings to remove. Paderni
enjoyed the fool esteem and trust of Charles III.
He also decided which pieces should be destroyed,
once they had been deemed unworthy of the royal
collection, so that they would not end up in
hands of foreigners or imitators. On occasion
larger expanses of painting were also removed. In
1755 K.Weber undertook the first excavation of
the praedia of Julia Felix, and wanted to remove
the entire wall of the tablinium. He was given
permission to do this and the perfectly
reconstructed piece testimony to the technical
capabilities of the early excavators.
Stabiae, Villa Arianna
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Stabiae, Villa Arianna
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Discus thrower from the triclinium, Villa Arianna
, Stabiae
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Stabiae, Villa Arianna
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Stabiae, Villa Arianna
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Stabiae, Villa Arianna
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Stabiae, Villa Arianna
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Stabiae, Villa Arianna
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Stabiae, Villa Arianna
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Stabiae, Villa Arianna
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Stabiae, Villa Arianna, found 15th March 1760
Seated woman combing her hair
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Nereid lying on a sea horse from the triclinium,
Villa Arianna, Stabiae
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Nereid lying on a sea horse from the triclinium,
Villa Arianna, Stabiae
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Nereid lying on a sea panther from Villa Arianna,
Stabiae
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Nereid lying on a sea panther from Villa Arianna,
Stabiae
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Face of a young girl, painting on plaster, 19x15
cm
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Achilles in Sciro From Pompeii House IX 1st
century AD
Heracles and Auge Pompeii Casa IX (I century AD)
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Quadrighe race Pompeii, Casa della Quadriga, I
century AD
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Hercules and Omphale Pompeii House of M.
Lucretius or Casa delle Suonatrici
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Hippolytus and Phaedra, detached fresco from
Herculaneum, Roman art of the first century
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Selene and Endymion, House of the Centenary,
Pompeii
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Ulysses and Circe From Pompeii Casa V I century
AD
Cassandra prophecies From Pompeii, House of the
Five Skeletons
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Cassandra prophecies From the House of the Metal
Grill Pompeii
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Medea meditating to kill children - Herculanum (I
AD)
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Medea meditating to kill children Casa dei
dioscuri Pompeii
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Ancient Roman fresco from Herculaneum
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Maenad with thyrsus and drum from Herculaneum
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Battle at the Amphitheatre Casa della Rissa
nell'Anfiteatro Pompeii
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Text Internet Pictures Sanda Foisoreanu
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their  respective owners Presentation Sanda
Foisoreanu
2018
Sound Ross Daly improvisation with
rabab sarangi