#rome city

[sneak4peek]

Gardening day

Rome, 2023

[allthingseurope]

Rome

[illustratus]

A view of the interior of Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome by Wilhelm Schubert van Ehrenberg

[sforzesco]

TYRTAIOS

let's hear it for the spartan poets! this. uhhhhhh. this definitely won't have any long lasting, horrific consequences. christ.

Sparta and Lakonia: A Regional History 1300-362 BC, Paul Cartledge

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[wandering-jana]

The Ancient Roman gate of Susa, Italy.

[artesie]

Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Italy. Photo by Gabriella Clare Marino.

[ancientsstudies]

St. Peter's Basilica by sohhhaibbb.

[flaneuresse]

rome by jessica on Flickr.

[breathtakingdestinations]

Rome - Italy (by Jorge Franganillo)

[emaadsidiki]

Sunset upon Tiber 🌇

[nobeerreviews]

A fool is one who admires other cities without visiting Rome.

-- Francesco Petrarca

(Roma)

[metanoias-substack]

When you think of ancient Greece or the Roman Empire, visions of white togas, ivory temples and sand-coloured amphitheatres likely come to mind.

If so, you might be in for a surprise.

Because this off-white and eggshell-dominated palette, which inspired the pristine surfaces of Renaissance sculptures and the blank facades of Neoclassical buildings, is… a lie.

We now know the ancient world was steeped in colour. It was, perhaps, a tad too colourful for our modern sensibilities — even borderline garish at times.

Click here to learn why generations of scholars and artists believed in a monochrome Classical Antiquity and see historically accurate reconstructions of ancient statues and buildings in all their glorious peacockery.

[illustratus]

The Arch of Titus by Canaletto

[semioticapocalypse]

Franz Hubmann. Trattoria in Trastevere. Rome. 1957

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