The Last Day of Pompeii by Karl Brullov.
From the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, on Google Art Project. Click in lower right of image for zoom controls.
Link: The Last Day of Pompeii by Karl Brullov
Eye Candy for Today: Brullov’s Pompeii
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-nifgJUTlg&feature=related
A city frozen in time. It appears that some of the rich people who lived there were Africans. Winifred Mary Beard, professor of Classics, knows all about Pompeii’s history. Pompeii is still there to visit and see the ‘naughty’ frescoes.
Thanks, Aelle. I’ve had the pleasure of visiting both Pompeii and Naples, where much of the art and artifacts recovered from Pompeii are on display, including beautiful mosaics and more erotic art, in which the residents of Pompeii apparently took great pleasure.
http://museoarcheologiconazionale.campaniabeniculturali.it/
http://sights.seindal.dk/sight/1073_National_Archaeological_Museum.html
What a moving and scary painting! You could have posted this entry on Halloween. Wow.