Ancient Rome: Exclusive Tour of Priceless Artifacts in Villa Arianna, Stabiae, on the Bay of Naples Italy. WebVisionItaly editors Ron and Deborah Del Sesto stop at Villa Arianna on their Campania travels around the Bay of Naples, Sorrentine Peninsula, and Amalfi coast. Here the ancient Roman frescoes, sculpture, and architecture is all in its original form preserved by ashes from Mt. Vesuvius on the last night in 79A.D when it buried the famous ancient Roman city Pompeii.The blue, yellow, and gold pigments seen in the fresoces in Villa Arianna is unique and different in color from what is seen in Pompeii' ruins, which are famous for painting in colors of Pompeii red and black, colors common in the Villa Arianna frescoes. The amazing use of perspective in painting by the ancient Romans is seen in many of the fresco paintings that line the walls of Villa Arianna, and the use of pipes and plumbing for hot and cold water as well as toilets, demonstrates the ancient Roman lifestyle was "modern" with an emphasis on celebrating humanity, the culture of art, music, food, and spirituality. The lifestyle of the Bay of Naples at the time of Christ, as depicted in scenes in the fresco paintings on the walls
of the villa,was to say the least, luxurious by modern-day standards. Villa Arianna is an architectural marvel filled with paintings, sculptures, gardens, techniques used by ancient Romans here n these villas on the Bay of Naples not seen again until the Renaissance. A visit here to see the ancient Roman lifestyle would make any modern-day emperor jealous.
Stabiae and the villas full of priceless arts were the subject of a Smithsonian magazine article and the focus of a 2008 exhibit in Washington D.C., which included pieces of fresco, sculpture, and artifacts from ancient Stabiae. WebVisionItaly Bay of Naples Art Tour is the only Italy tour that escorts its guests to Villa San Marco and Villa Arianna in the ancient city of Stabiae to see priceless works of art.
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