Thanks BenLurkin.
Posted on 05/26/2015 7:03:14 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The 12-metre high pyramid allows visitors to walk along a track before entering it. It is built almost entirely out of wood with an inner dome made of fiberboard
Inside, they will be find the casts of Roman citizens killed more than 1,900 years ago in 79AD when Mount Vesuvius erupted with devastating force destroying the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
The plaster casts are placed in the centre, while the exhibition also features archival photographs documenting the work in the excavations in the 19th and 20th centuries.
The photos are partly broken down into fragments and then reassembled in pastiches and are exhibited along the walls illuminated by diffused light.
The installation, 'Pompeii and Europe from 1748 to 1943', was designed by renowned Italian architect Francesco Venezia.
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I visited Pompeii in 1968. They said that only about 10% had been excavated. What I saw was amazing, especially the casts of people fleeing the pyroclastic flow. Back then there were no signs saying “don’t touch” and no roped off areas. We just wandered around until incredibly hot sun forced us to leave. One in our party suffered classic sun stroke.
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“The 12-metre high pyramid allows visitors to walk along a track before entering it.”
What?/? By way of comparison, does the Washington Monument allow visitors to walk along a sidewalk before entering it? Mighty generous of them both.
I’m interested in what the track consists of, too. Surely not a railroad . . . surely not a 100-metre race track . . .
“The photos are partly broken down into fragments and then reassembled in pastiches and are exhibited along the walls illuminated by diffused light.”
Way to make obscure what the heck one sees.
We also visited Pompeii in 1968. Next to the excavated zone there was a grassy plain underneath which the rest of Pompeii still lay buried.
In the middle of the grassy plain there stood an abandoned villa, looked early 20th century. Probably gone now.
Thanks BenLurkin.
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Thanks BenLurkin. Only a volcano, but a nice catastrophe nonetheless.
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Nicely done!
Why place it in the middle of the arena? The arena seems to be in pretty good shape, might they not want to use it sometime?
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