What volcano destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum?
Erotic art in Pompeii and Herculaneum images of erotic frescoes, mosaics, statues and other objects from Pompeii and Herculaneum. The mural of Venus from Pompeii was never seen by Botticelli, the painter of "The Birth of Venus", but may have been a Roman copy of the then famous painting by Apelles which Lucian mentioned. Notes Bibliography and further reading Erotic art in Pompeii and Herculaneum Erotic art in Pompeii and Herculaneum has been both exhibited as art and censored as pornography. The Roman cities around the bay of Naples were destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, thereby preserving their buildings and artifacts
The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum and included in a major retrospective exhibition of Martin's work at the Tate Gallery in 2011-12. The original paintwork was in good condition, but a large area depicting the volcano and the cities - about a fifth of the whole - was missing. Maisey replaced the missing section, by drawing on photographs, Martin's smaller painting of the same subject, and an outline etching of the original, The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum is a large 1822 painting by English artist John Martin. It follows the pattern set by his previous successful painting, "Belshazzar's Feast",