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Art block goes hard but my love for Joe keery goes harder!
Yeah it wasn’t suppose to be him but you know what I ain’t even mad.
#fanart#fanartist#illustration#digital artist#illustrator#joe keery#joe keery djo#joe keery fanart#Roman bust#Roman bust drawing#sculpture drawing#drawing#Greek bust#art block#trying to draw
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Ancient Marble Bust Found at the Bottom of an Italian Lake
Experts suggest the sculpture lived on one of two ornate ships Emperor Caligula commissioned in the 1st century C.E.
An ancient marble bust has been found at the bottom of Italy’s Lake Nemi. Archeologists suggest the object may have once lived on a ship built by the Roman Emperor Caligula two millennia ago.
The stone head was discovered during a routine dredging of the volcanic lake overseen by the Municipal Civil Protection of Nemi, and has since been handed over to experts for analysis.
The city has yet to confirm details about the sculpture, including its age, but you can’t blame outsiders for speculating on its historical significance.
Located just south of Rome, Lake Nemi is one of the world’s great underwater archeological sites. It was there that, in the 1st century C.E., two ornate ships commissioned by Caligula sunk, filling the lakebed with timbers, tarred wool, marbles, and mosaics, among other trappings.
For generations, locals had known of the sunken ships’ existence, but it wasn’t until the late 1920s and ‘30s, when Benito Mussolini ordered the lakes to be drained, that they were removed. The director had the remains of the vessels placed in a museum, but the site burned down during a World War II bombing raid.
Artifacts from the vessels have been continually recovered from the body of water since. One such piece, a mosaic designed for a dance floor, was returned to Italy in 2021 after being used as a coffee table in a New York City apartment for 45 years.
Like many details of Caligula’s reign, the exact purpose of the two ships is unknown. Some believe they held religious significance, as Lake Nemi was once considered sacred. Both were elaborate, but one is thought to have been truly opulent, a floating palace replete with silk sails, fountains, and bathrooms with plumbing.
Whether the recently discovered marble bust was one of the decorations on this ship is not yet known.
The mayor of Nemi, Alberto Bertucci, told Italy’s Dire news agency that he “hopes that this discovery will shed new light on the history of Caligula and his legacy, allowing the secrets hidden in the depths of Lake Nemi to be revealed again.”
#Emperor Caligula#Ancient Marble Bust Found at the Bottom of an Italian Lake#lake nemi#nemi ships#marble#marble bust#roman bust#ancient artifacts#archeology#archeolgst#history#history news#ancient history#ancient culture#ancient civilizations#roman history#roman empire#roman art
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first drawing on my new sketchbook, found the refs on pintrest
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This is a drawing after a photo I took in the Louvre of a bust of Pompey. I’m fairly certain that Pompey was a ruthless general and politician but I chose this subject more out of historical interest than admiration. To think that some of this was probably carved in the presence of Pompey connects me in a visceral way to Ancient Rome as opposed to the more intellectual way achieved through reading history or Latin.
#jeffsatterwhiteart#ancient rome#pompey#louvre#artwork#artistsoninstagram#pencil#procreate#Roman bust#portrait
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30th November 2022
#photography#my photography#white elorda photography#aesthetic photography#aesthetic#academia vibes#light academia vibes#roman bust#picture frame#parisian vibe#vintage vibes
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Head of Dionysus, the god of wine, uncovered in an archaeological dig in the ancient city of Aizanoi, Turkey
#dionysus#head#bust#sculpture#mythological#mythology#god#wine#archaeology#art#history#ancient#ancient greek#ancient greece#greek mythology#greek#greece#ancient roman#roman
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~ Oval gem with bust of Io.
Culture: Greek or Roman
Period: Late Republican or Early Imperial Period
Date: 100 B.C.–A.D. 50
Medium: Glass
#ancient#ancient art#history#museum#archeology#ancient history#archaeology#greek#Roman#imperial Period#late republican period#glass#gem#bust of io#io#100 b.c#a.d. 50
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and suddenly, a naked Mark Antony appears
Nicolaus, Life of Augustus 72, trans. Mark Toher
#komiks tag#roman republic tag#gaius cassius longinus#and like other people i guess#i spent too long reading about the pseudo corbulo cassius bust and i was like. what if i tried to incorporate more of those features into m#own design. turns out the french musical influence is too strong. i will simply have to adapt the fall of the republic twice. TWO cassius#designs. two cakes. etc#I’ll probably do a more serious vers of this in the future I was cackling thinking about Antony fucking BOOKING it
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Antinous, XVIII century
#louvre museum#antinous#art history#art#aesthethic#xviii century#ancient rome#roman empire#emperor hadrian#hadrian#marble#bust#statue#homoerotic art#gay history#antiquity
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I love the subsection of marble busts/ statues that have star or some celestial ornaments in a lady’s hair. Yes two of the examples are Diana/ Artemis but for good reason Iike I’m literally obsessed.
Hiram Powers 1850 / 54. America
Giosuè Argenti (1819 – 1901) L'Immacolata
Diana, 1771, statue by Giovanni Battista
Hiram Powers, 1853, Diana
#artemis#greek bust#greek goddesses#greek sculpture#marble statue#marble bust#tagamemnon#diana goddess#roman gods#celestial
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some roman statue/bust studies i did (mar & may 2023)
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