{"product_id":"frescos-ancient-world-nymphs-herculaneum-ercolano","title":"Frescos, Ancient World, Nymphs, Herculaneum, Ercolano","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"CENTER\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: large; color: #171f69;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNo title: Two maenads (dancing mythological nymphs)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"CENTER\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: large; color: #171f69;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHand-colored copper etching by Georg Christoph Kilian (1709-1781)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"CENTER\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: large; color: #171f69;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublished in \"Abbildungen der Gemälde und Alterthümer, welche seit 1738 sowohl in der verschütteten Stadt Herkulaneum, als auch in den umliegenden Gegenden an das Licht gebracht worden\". \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"CENTER\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: large; color: #171f69;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e(Wall frescos and antiquities found in the excavations of Heruculaneum and vicinity after 1738)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"CENTER\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: large; color: #171f69;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAugsburg, 1793-1797\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"CENTER\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: large; color: #171f69;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom a wall fresco in Ercolano (Herculaneum)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"CENTER\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: large; color: #171f69;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe two maenads on one page, hand-colored and surrounded by velvety black, reaching to the edge of page.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"CENTER\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: large; color: #171f69;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePage size: 30 x 38 cm (ca. 11.8 x 15\")\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"1\" width=\"100%\" style=\"float: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ch6 align=\"CENTER\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f1c71; font-size: 300%;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan size=\"7\"\u003eHerculaneum Ercolano\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6 align=\"CENTER\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f1c71; font-size: x-large;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan size=\"5\"\u003eThese prints show frescoes and archeologicl treasures found in the ruins of Herculaneum. Herculaneum was totally buried in superheated pyroclastic ash and lava during the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79AD. The town was forgotten until 1710 when the first remains were found. In 1738 Carl von Bourbon, the king of Naples, started a systematic excavation of the area which has continued until the present day. Much of the area cannot be excavated because it lies under the modern town of Ercolano. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6 align=\"CENTER\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f1c71; font-size: x-large;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan size=\"5\"\u003eSome of the genitals of the original statues have been discreetly covered\u003cbr\u003eby a few lines by the engravers who contributed to this work\u003cbr\u003eKeywords:\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn Greek mythology, maenads ( μαϊνάδες); female followers of Dionysus; Thiasus, the god's retinue; \"raving ones\"; Bassarids, Bacchae; Bacchantes;\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"CENTER\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #262376;\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Philographikon Antique Maps and Prints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67812618567858,"sku":"xig1793052247133","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0774\/4087\/6722\/files\/frescos-ancient-world-nymphs-herculaneum-ercolano_1.jpg?v=1793052262","url":"https:\/\/rowingcrewclad.shop\/products\/frescos-ancient-world-nymphs-herculaneum-ercolano","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}