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A young man holding a rotulus
- Pompeii
- Regio 6, Insula Occidentalis
- MANN
source: Olivierw, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Woman with wax tablets and stylus
- Pompeii
- Regio 6, Insula Occidentalis
- 50-79 CE
- MANN
source: ho visto nina volare from Italy, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Emily Hauser: Woman with wax tablets and stylus (so-called “Sappho”). Pompeii, Italy. 50-79 CE.
This isn’t an especially compelling mural, but Google Translate decided to translate its source, “La tombe de Patron,” as “The Boss’s Tomb” and that’s pretty funny.
[ID: A square piece of masonry on which is painted a mural; the mural features two individuals, one draped in what appears to be a tunica (a long women’s tunic) and the other in a short chiton, of the kind normally worn by young men and women. The chiton-wearing individual has a tool of some kind, what looks like a threshing staff, slung over one shoulder. The Louvre cannot identify either person’s gender, and the mural is heavily damaged.]
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Scenes from the Life of Christ: 10. Entry into Jerusalem, Giotto, between 1304 and 1306
Pelias, king of Iolcos, stops on the steps of a temple as he recognises young Jason by his missing sandal; Roman fresco from Pompeii, 1st century CE.
ADVENT CALENDAR DAY ONE
Fresco by an unknown artist from the Clarissan monastery of Santa Maria inter Angelos, near Spoleto, Italy (c. 1300). Glencairn Museum, Bryn Athyn, PA, 08.FS.07.
The story of the Annunciation to Mary comes from the Gospel of Luke (1:26–38), in which the angel Gabriel appears to Mary and informs her that she will give birth to Jesus, the Son of God. This large, 13th-century Italian fresco in Glencairn’s Great Hall depicts the moment when Gabriel delivers this astonishing news. The angel says to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus.” (Luke 1:30–31). Gabriel, on the right with wings and a halo, walks toward Mary with his hands in a gesture of blessing. Mary, also wearing a halo, inclines her head, which is covered with a cloak, to Gabriel.
Every day, from December 1 through December 25, a new work of Nativity art from the Glencairn Museum collection will appear on our website (Follow the Star: A 2021 Advent Calendar). To receive these in your newsfeed, follow the Museum’s social media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr).
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Menelaus and Helen, Ajax killing Cassandra. A.D. 50 - 79. Italy, Pompeii, House of Menander
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Tomb of the Typhoon.
Monterozzi necropolis, Tarquinia, Italy.
II-I century BC.
Etruscan art. Fresco.
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Paolo Uccello
Representation of a hunting notturns.
1470 AD.
Fresco preserved in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
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Equestrian statue of John Hawkood (Giovanni Acuto): fresco located in the left wall of the cathedral of Florence, Italy.
Paolo Uccello, 1436 AD.
John Hawkood was a leader and medieval knight English.
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But anyhow, here’s some random pictures of my room :)
