Excavations at Domus Aurea, the former imperial residence of Roman emperor Nero, have yielded remnants of the rare Egyptian ...
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Massive Piece of World’s Oldest Synthetic Pigment Discovered in Palace of Infamous Roman EmperorDeep beneath Rome’s Domus Aurea, archaeologists have unearthed a rare ingot of Egyptian blue — the world’s first synthetic ...
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A Five-Pound Hunk of the World’s Oldest Known Synthesized Pigment Was Found in Nero’s PalaceThe discovery might illuminate the link between the blue pigment's ancient Egyptian roots and its rediscovery by Renaissance ...
Exceptional Discovery in Nero’s Domus Aurea in Rome: Pigments and a Massive Ingot of Egyptian Blue
During the Renaissance, artists rediscovered the frescoes of the Domus Aurea, drawing inspiration from them for their own works. One such example is Raphael’s The Triumph of Galatea, where Egyptian ...
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Archaeologists in Rome have just discovered an exceptional (and priceless) treasure in an ancient palaceAn Egyptian blue pigment has just been unearthed beneath the Domus Aurea. A priceless discovery that tells us more about the arts in ancient Rome.
“The Domus Aurea once again moves [us] and restores ... A 2020 study, however, revealed that Italian Renaissance painter Raphael used the pigment in his 1512 fresco, Triumph of Galatea.
Othon, un des successeurs de Néron, fit voter par le Sénat en 69 un crédit de 50 millions de sesterces pour terminer les travaux de la Domus aurea). D’autres visiteurs célèbres y laissèrent leur ...
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