09 mars 2023
Ancient landscapes are reexamined in 'Roman Landscapes: Visions of Nature and Myth from Rome and Pompeii'
SAN ANTONIO, TX.- The San Antonio Museum of Art recently opened Roman Landscapes: Visions of Nature and Myth from Rome and Pompeii, the first exhibition in the United States to explore landscape scenes as a genre of ancient Roman art.
Serving as a contrast to the archetypal works of antiquity with which most museum audiences are familiar—the larger-than-life statues venerating gods or heroes, or scenes of battle or ritual found on friezes or pottery—these works instead depict artists’ idyllic visions of a countryside... [Lire la suite]