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Identifier: ruinsofpompeiise00dyer (find matches)
Title: The ruins of Pompeii : a series of eighteen photographic views : with an account of the destruction of the city, and a description of the most interesting remains
Year: 1867 (1860s)
Authors: Dyer, Thomas Henry, 1804-1888
Subjects: Pompeii (Extinct city) Vesuvius (Italy) -- Eruption, 79
Publisher: London : Bell and Daldy
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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twomen, is appealing to her father; but, by some defect in the drawmg, she FRESCO OF JUDGMENT OF PARIS.
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THE RUINS OF POMPEII. 109 appears to have no legs; for it is quite impossible to imagine that they couldhave been altogether hidden behind one of her supporters. To the left, ona small pillar, is seen a golden image of Diana, with two dogs at her feet,and a lighted torch in each hand. The goddess herself appears m theclouds, while another female figure is brmging the hind which is to besubstituted for Iphigenia as a victim. The three preceding pictures are taken from the heroic cycle, whichafforded a much greater quantity of subjects to the artists of Pompeii thanthe history and adventures of the gods of Olympus. Subjects of the latterkind are not, however, wanting. They are generally love scenes; as theamours of Jupiter with Leda and Danae, the abduction of Ganymede, thepursuit of Daphne by Apollo, the loves of Mars and Venus, of Venus andAdonis, of Lima and Endymion, of Mercury and Herse, of Zephyrus andFlora, &c. The judgment of Paris seems to have been a favourite subject,and

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  • bookyear:1867
  • bookdecade:1860
  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:Dyer__Thomas_Henry__1804_1888
  • booksubject:Pompeii__Extinct_city_
  • booksubject:Vesuvius__Italy_____Eruption__79
  • bookpublisher:London___Bell_and_Daldy
  • bookcontributor:Getty_Research_Institute
  • booksponsor:Sloan_Foundation
  • bookleafnumber:190
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