Flying Squid@lemmy.world to InsanePeopleFacebook@lemmy.world · 2 days agoPompeii was a 16th century resort town and the Greeks and Romans never existed! (So much more crazy in the body.)lemmy.worldimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up164arrow-down1imagePompeii was a 16th century resort town and the Greeks and Romans never existed! (So much more crazy in the body.)lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to InsanePeopleFacebook@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square13fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBreadstickNinja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoI just love the phrase “frescoes, mosaics, sculptures and colonnades were created in the style of the Roman Empire that never existed.” Must be an awfully tough job for the artist to emulate a style that doesn’t exist!
minus-squareHeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoAncient Greece and Rome are pranks the pope pulls on the entire planet
I just love the phrase “frescoes, mosaics, sculptures and colonnades were created in the style of the Roman Empire that never existed.”
Must be an awfully tough job for the artist to emulate a style that doesn’t exist!
Ancient Greece and Rome are pranks the pope pulls on the entire planet