Categories art & photography Entrance to a Roman Theatre Post author By Mark Newton Post date Tuesday, June 19, 2012 3 Comments on Entrance to a Roman Theatre By Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1866. Tags ancient world, Rome By Mark Newton Born in 1981, live in the UK. I write about strange things. View Archive → ← Recent Reading – Count Belisarius → On Grimdark Fantasy 3 replies on “Entrance to a Roman Theatre” No shortage of 19th century paintings with the Romans as subjects! 🙂 Indeed! Though annoyingly there is a shortage of Byzantine paintings. Probably because the neo-classical folk didn’t think much of that period. The Byzantines got a very bad reputation and were ignored for a very long time, well into the 20th century. Probably Norwich is the real person who changed that–although Asimov also wrote a history of Byzantium that I need to find and read. Comments are closed.
Indeed! Though annoyingly there is a shortage of Byzantine paintings. Probably because the neo-classical folk didn’t think much of that period.Â
The Byzantines got a very bad reputation and were ignored for a very long time, well into the 20th century. Probably Norwich is the real person who changed that–although Asimov also wrote a history of Byzantium that I need to find and read.
By Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1866.
By Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1866.
3 replies on “Entrance to a Roman Theatre”
No shortage of 19th century paintings with the Romans as subjects! 🙂
Indeed! Though annoyingly there is a shortage of Byzantine paintings. Probably because the neo-classical folk didn’t think much of that period.Â
The Byzantines got a very bad reputation and were ignored for a very long time, well into the 20th century.Â
Probably Norwich is the real person who changed that–although Asimov also wrote a history of Byzantium that I need to find and read.