La Seconde vie de Pompéi. Renouveau de l'antique, des Lumières au Romantisme 1738-1860. Océanie The royal mother Seshseshet certainly

The royal mother Seshseshet certainly played a role in her son's rise to power and remained the first lady of the "royal harem" throughout his reign

Piecing together the fragments of masterpieces which have sometimes been dispersed to the four corners of the earth is the painstaking work of many international specialists

Dwellings were built on the sandy ruins from the end of the Old Kingdom

Best known in literature for his hilarious Golden Donkey

“Famous Cities of Art” Collection

La Seconde vie de Pompéi. Renouveau de l'antique, des Lumières au Romantisme 1738-1860. Océanie The royal mother Seshseshet certainly1738 1748: Herculaneum and Pompeii, the cities buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, rose from their ashes and revealed a harvest of treasures to modern eyes. The event acted as a detonator and triggered a metamorphosis of taste in Europe. The rediscovered genius of the Ancients was hailed, and the united arts immediately made it accessible to all. The neo antique style rejected the gratuitous redundancy of forms and equated beauty with utility