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When in Rome… : A Visit to the Mausoleum of Augustus

When in Rome… : A Visit to the Mausoleum of Augustus

Archeology, Art History, Augustus, Empire, Rome, Underground Rome

Tweet Last month saw a momentous anniversary of the sort that doesn’t happen often; on the 19 August it was 2000 years exactly since the death of Augustus, Rome’s first emperor. Much hand-wringing was employed over Rome’s lack of festivities, and it...
Hippopotamuses and Lotus flowers: The Nile mosaic at Palestrina

Hippopotamuses and Lotus flowers: The Nile mosaic at Palestrina

Archeology, Architecture, Art History, Egypt, Empire, Out of Town, Palestrina, Roman Art

Tweet Last week a visiting friend and I braved the torrential rain to run an errand in Zagarolo. Our mission accomplished, we stopped for a spot of lunch before meandering to Palestrina. Snaking our way through the medieval streets, in a car as wide as the roads, we...
From Virgil to Vitruvius: some thoughts on the House of Augustus.

From Virgil to Vitruvius: some thoughts on the House of Augustus.

Aeneas, Aeneid, Archeology, Architecture, Art History, Augustus, Empire, Legend, Origins, Palatine Hill, Roman Art, Roman Painting, Rome, Virgil

Tweet This year is a big anniversary for all things Augustus; the two thousandth anniversary of the death of the first Emperor of Rome. The exploitation of art, religion, legend, history, poetry, dodgy family trees, you name it, in the relentlessly sophisticated...
The Donation of Constantine

The Donation of Constantine

Art History, Caelian, Churches, Counter Reformation, Empire, Fresco, High Renaissance, Late Medieval, Late Medieval Art, Medieval Art, Vatican

Tweet In the mid 8th century, a beleaguered Pope named Stephen “found” a document of inestimable value. Purporting to have been written over three centuries earlier, in it the Emperor Constantine handed over complete power of the city of Rome, amongst...
Paradise regained: the painted garden of Livia at Palazzo Massimo

Paradise regained: the painted garden of Livia at Palazzo Massimo

Archeology, Art History, Augustus, Empire, Esquiline, Fresco, National Roman Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Roman Art, Roman Painting, Rome

Tweet In a city filled with extraordinary works of ancient art, perhaps one of the most breathtaking is one of the least visited and one of my favourites. After visiting the “Monsters” exhibition (excellent, go) at Palazzo Massimo today I went to the top...
Rus in urbe – a bucolic stroll across the Palatine

Rus in urbe – a bucolic stroll across the Palatine

Aeneas, Aeneid, Archeology, Architecture, Art History, Augustus, Empire, Legend, Origins, Palatine Hill, Roman Art, Roman Forum, Roman Painting, Rome

Tweet This year December is treating Rome very well indeed. It has been largely dry, as warm as one can hope for, and the rich blue sky sets everything off wonderfully.   On Monday I took myself off to the Palatine Hill for a wander amid the ruins in the winter...
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8am in Rome is 6pm in Sydney. All set for part 4 o 8am in Rome is 6pm in Sydney. All set for part 4 of the second outing for my four part “City of Rome” course for the good folk of @academytravelau. Today we’re going out on a bang with the Baroque! If you’re in the Antipodes have a look at Academy’s Italy week 6-9 April: lots of online events on all things Italian!
Absolutely delicious @reginadeisibillini rigatoni Absolutely delicious @reginadeisibillini rigatoni al pomodoro e ricotta salata (the pasta was bought from @pigneto_41, who in the interests of Covid diversification are now selling some amazing local/local-ish products). Plus a couple of fab fish leftover from @maxplatini’s birthday lunch @lasanteriadimare yesterday and some greens for afters. It’s not even eight o’clock and, possibly for the first time ever, we’ve already finished supper. #lockdownsuppers
I took this photo a year ago today when a client a I took this photo a year ago today when a client and I visited the Palatine Hill @parcocolosseo. We went in at 8.30 and (unbeknownst to us) twenty minutes later all Italian museums and archeological sites we closed by government decree. We explored the site, the only people there, for a couple of hours before being turfed out by the guards when they closed the site down completely. The next day a full and stringent lockdown was decreed which lasted for two months.
Birthday breakfast for @maxplatini at @pigneto_41. Birthday breakfast for @maxplatini at @pigneto_41. Given current circumstances they’re now also open for breakfast with extremely delicious homemade cakes.
I’m definitely doing a talk about Cosmati work i I’m definitely doing a talk about Cosmati work in April! #ihavethisthingwithfloors
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