It is I, Akritas

To the Lighthouse

Month of Love Challenge 4 - Forbidden Fruit 

Guinevere and Lancelot, bound together but held apart by duty and oath to their King.

For my inspiration and context if you don’t know your Arthurian lore check out THIS clip from 1981’s Excalibur.

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The work originally came from the Villa of Publius Fannius Sinistor in Boscoreale, near Pompeii, and dates from approximately 43–30 BC.

The fresco is currently part of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

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Este fresco romano representa el Segundo Estilo de la pintura mural pompeyana, caracterizado por ilusiones arquitectónicas.

La obra proviene originalmente de la Villa de Publio Fannio Sinistor en Boscoreale, cerca de Pompeya, datada aproximadamente entre 43-30 a.C.

Actualmente, el fresco forma parte de la colección del Museo Metropolitano de Arte de New York.

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Questo affresco romano rappresenta il Secondo Stile della pittura murale pompeiana, caratterizzato da illusioni architettoniche.

L'opera proviene originariamente dalla Villa di Publio Fannio Sinistor a Boscoreale, nei pressi di Pompei, e risale approssimativamente al periodo compreso tra il 43 e il 30 a.C.

Attualmente, l'affresco fa parte della collezione del Metropolitan Museum of Art di New York.

Scena Illustrata magazine covers

"Look up there.

It's always the same group of birds that follows me,

There's a black bird among them.

Paolo Uccello:

“Niccolò Mauruzi da Tolentino at the Battle of San Romano” / c. 1438–1440 / National Gallery, London.

“Niccolò Mauruzi da Tolentino unseats Bernardino della Carda at the Battle of San Romano” / c. 1435–1455 / Uffizi Gallery, Florence.