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Palace of Knossos, Crete, Greece, Toreador Fresco (bull-leaping fresco).
Architecture; Buildings; Castles & palaces; Houses; Residential facilities; Dwellings; Archaeological sites; Ruins; Paintings; Murals; Bullfighting; Sports; Acrobatics; Riding; Locomotion; Human locomotion; Animal locomotion; Gestures; Men;...
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Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, Italy, interior view, Salon of the Mysteries, fresco detail, initiate hiding in woman's lap.
Architecture; Buildings; Houses; Dwellings; Residential facilities; Interiors; Rooms & spaces; Reception rooms; Salons (Social spaces); Dining rooms; Walls; Friezes (Ornamental bands); Paintings; Murals; Storytelling; Rites & ceremonies;...
Fresco detail, initiate hiding in the lap of the woman who accompanies her in the various phases of the rite. "[…] it still remains uncertain whether the subject is a woman's initiation into an Orphic or Dionysian mystery cult or rather the...
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Temple of Isis, Pompeii, fresco, Io and Isis on the rocks of Canopus.
Architecture; Temples; Religious facilities; Buildings; Paintings; Murals; Storytelling; Myths; Legends; Fictitious characters; Supernatural beings; Goddesses; Women; People associated with religion; Men; Nudes; Clothing & dress; Wreaths; Horns...
"The fresco depicts Io, left on the rocks at Canopus by the river god; here she takes the hand of Isis, who waits for her with a cobra in her left hand and a crocodile under her feet." (Caption, p. 96)
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Workshop of Marcus Vecilius Verecundus, Pompeii, Italy, fresco, worker carding tunic and worker with reed cage.
Architecture; Buildings; Factories; Workshops; Business enterprises; Commercial facilities; Mercantile facilities; Stores & shops; Fabric shops; Business & finance; Commerce; Textiles; Textile industry; Storefronts; Signs (Notices); ...
Fresco: "A young employee carding a tunic, and a second worker with a cage made of reeds on which fabric was stretched to be bleached with sulfur steam." (Caption, p. 137); "One of the liveliest shop fronts excavated in the early...
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House of Menander, Pompeii, Italy, fresco, Menander.
Architecture; Buildings; Houses; Dwellings; Residential facilities; Paintings; Portrait paintings; Murals; Portraits; Men; Dramatists; Authors; Comedians; People associated with entertainment & sports; Sitting; Clothing & dress; Wreaths;...
"In a niche at the back of the peristyle in the refined Pompeii domus that takes its name from this fresco, this portrait of the Athenian comedian Menander (end of the fourth century B.C.) was painted during the late Julio-Claudian era. The...
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House I,3,23, Pompeii, Italy, fresco, brawl in the Pompeii amphitheater.
Architecture; Buildings; Houses; Dwellings; Residential facilities; Paintings; Murals; Theaters; Open-air theaters; Amphitheaters; Cultural facilities; Sports & recreation facilities; Social & civic facilities; Facades; Walls;...
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Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, Italy, interior view, [Salon of the Mysteries] Room 5 (oecus), fresco detail, young Dionysus [Dionysos] and two priestesses.
Architecture; Buildings; Houses; Dwellings; Residential facilities; Interiors; Rooms & spaces; Reception rooms; Salons (Social spaces); Dining rooms; Architectural elements; Doors & doorways; Walls; Friezes (Ornamental bands); Optical...
“The large oecus (5) next to the nuptial bedchamber (4) contains the famous frieze representing the “mysteries” of the Dionysus cult that give the villa its name. The paintings here represent the initiation of a young woman into the mysteries...
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Akrotiri, Thera (Cyclades), Greece, Room Delta 2, wall painting, Landscape with swallows (Spring Fresco).
Architecture; Buildings; Rooms & spaces; Interiors; Walls; Paintings; Murals; Landscapes (Representations); Nature; Rocks; Spring; Seasons; Plants; Flowers; Lilies; Swallows; Birds; Animals; Flying
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Arena Chapel (Cappella Scrovegni), Padua, Italy, interior, view towards west wall and Last Judgment fresco.
Architecture; Chapels; Churches; Religious facilities; Buildings; Interiors; Naves; Walls; Ceilings; Barrel ceilings; Vaults (Architecture); Murals; Paintings; Christianity; Biblical events; Storytelling; Men; Women; Saints; Prophets; Angels;...
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Arena Chapel (Cappella Scrovegni), Padua, Italy, fresco, The Meeting of Joachim and Anna.
Architecture; Buildings; Religious facilities; Churches; Chapels; Interiors; Walls; Paintings; Murals; Storytelling; Christianity; Biblical events; Meetings; Kissing; Hugging; Standing; Gestures; Lifting & carrying; Men; Women; Spouses;...
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Effects of Good Government in the City and in the Country, Peaceful City, fresco detail, Sala della Pace, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, Italy.
Paintings; Murals; Cityscape paintings; Buildings; City & town halls; Government facilities; Social & civic facilities; Storytelling; Allegories; Allegorical paintings; Political issues; Politics & government; Municipal government;...
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Effects of Good Government in the City and in the Country, Peaceful Country, fresco detail, Sala della Pace, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, Italy.
Paintings; Landscape paintings; Murals; Buildings; City & town halls; Government facilities; Social & civic facilities; Storytelling; Allegories; Allegorical paintings; Political issues; Politics & government; Municipal government;...
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Arena Chapel (Cappella Scrovegni), Padua, Italy, fresco, Lamentation.
Architecture; Buildings; Religious facilities; Churches; Chapels; Interiors; Walls; Paintings; Murals; Storytelling; Christianity; Biblical events; Death; Death & burial; Grief; Sitting; Hugging; Standing; Flying; Locomotion; Human locomotion;...
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Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden, fresco, Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, Italy.
Paintings; Murals; Storytelling; Biblical events; Christianity; Grief; Despair; Disgrace; Distress; Gestures; Locomotion; Human locomotion; Walking; Men; Women; Couples; Spouses; Nudes; Genitals; Angels; Supernatural beings; People associated with...
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Tribute Money, fresco, Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, Italy.
Paintings; Murals; Storytelling; Christianity; Biblical events; Men; Saints; People associated with religion; Older people; Government officials; People associated with politics & government; Tax payers; Clothing & dress; Hairstyles;...
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Holy Trinity, fresco, Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy.
Paintings; Murals; Christianity; Biblical events; Crucifixions; Crucifixes; Crosses; Religious articles; Ceremonial objects; Death; Death & burial; Men; Women; Saints; People associated with religion; Mothers; Families; Fathers; Spouses;...
Patrons: Lorenzo Lenzi and his wife.
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Sistine Chapel, Vatican City, Rome, Italy, interior view facing east (towards altar wall with Last Judgment fresco).
Architecture; Chapels; Religious facilities; Buildings; Murals; Paintings; Walls; Interiors; Ceilings; Architectural elements; Architectural decorations & ornaments; Religious architectural elements; Altars; Vaults (Architecture); Barrel...
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Sistine Chapel, Vatican City, Rome, Italy, interior view, ceiling fresco.
Architecture; Chapels; Religious facilities; Buildings; Interiors; Architectural elements; Architectural decorations & ornaments; Murals; Paintings; Ceilings; Barrel ceilings; Vaults (Architecture); Walls; Windows; Lunettes; Storytelling;...
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Sistine Chapel, Vatican City, Rome, Italy, interior view, ceiling fresco, cleaning, 1977-1989.
Architecture; Chapels; Religious facilities; Buildings; Interiors; Murals; Paintings; Conservation & restoration; Cleaning; Ceilings; Barrel ceilings; Vaults (Architecture); Windows; Architectural elements; Architectural decorations &...
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Galatea, fresco, Sala di Galatea, Villa Farnesina, Rome, Italy.
Paintings; Murals; Myths; Legends; Women; Goddesses; Men; Supernatural beings; Fictitious characters; Cupids; Putti; Boys; Children; Centaurs; Nudes; Backs (Anatomy); Buttocks; Muscles; Genitals; Flying; Hugging; Standing; Locomotion; Human...
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