The Road to Rome (French: La Route de Rome) is a 1979 painting by the Belgian painter Paul Delvaux. It depicts a European town square in twilight, with...
3 KB (328 words) - 21:04, 10 April 2023
Rome (Italian and Latin: Roma, pronounced [ˈroːma] ) is the capital city of Italy. It is also the capital of the Lazio region, the centre of the Metropolitan...
178 KB (18,174 words) - 03:48, 27 June 2024
Roman art (redirect from Ancient Roman painting)
Roman art The art of Ancient Rome, and the territories of its Republic and later Empire, includes architecture, painting, sculpture and mosaic work. Luxury...
56 KB (7,395 words) - 14:11, 2 April 2024
preferred burial due to the idea of preserving the dead body for the resurrection. Considerable tracts of the ancient roads leading out of Rome and other Roman...
37 KB (4,691 words) - 22:09, 27 June 2024
In modern historiography, ancient Rome encompasses the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC, the Roman Kingdom (753–509 BC), Roman...
189 KB (21,491 words) - 14:07, 28 June 2024
1979 in art (category Years of the 20th century in art)
Me Swimming Judy Chicago – The Dinner Party (collaborative installation, completed) Paul Delvaux – The Road to Rome (painting) Jenny Holzer – Truisms Lee...
6 KB (576 words) - 23:24, 21 June 2024
David with the Head of Goliath is a painting by the Italian Baroque artist Caravaggio. It is housed in the Galleria Borghese, Rome. The painting, which was...
7 KB (914 words) - 23:20, 23 June 2024
Caravaggio (section Beginnings in Rome (1592/95–1600))
favourite artist, "painting flowers and fruit" in his factory-like workshop. In Rome, there was a demand for paintings to fill the many huge new churches...
102 KB (12,192 words) - 09:34, 5 June 2024
Via Latina (category Rome Q. IX Appio-Latino)
The Via Latina (Latin for "Latin Road") was a Roman road of Italy, running southeast from Rome for about 200 kilometers. It led from the Porta Latina in...
9 KB (1,217 words) - 16:38, 2 September 2023
Roman Empire (redirect from Rome, and the Roman Empire)
BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome. It included territories in Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia and was ruled by emperors. The fall...
250 KB (28,160 words) - 23:10, 28 June 2024