Naples and Beyond

18/12/2015

A Drone at Pompeii with music by The Pink Floyd

Plans aériens réalisés à Pompeii. « Soleil Double » de Laurent GRASSO – Galerie Perrotin, Paris / 6 septembre - 31…

15/10/2015

Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders, on the verge of divorce, walk around the ruins of Pompeii that are in parallel with their marriage. The film, shot in 1954, show how devastated the city was at that time and how much has been rebuilt since then. I love the final scene when they walk across the Palestra (now closed for restoration) and drive off in their old Rolls Royce convertible parked conveniently in front of the amphiteatre. Oh those were the days!

14/10/2014

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Mt Vesuvius erupts near Naples, Italy in 1944. Footage from this film is available for licensing from www.globalimageworks.com

18/03/2014

We are so used to seeing ancient buildings in naked, corroded stone that it is a shock to realise that the ancient stones were highly coloured. This video shows what the Greek Doric temples of Paestum may have really looked like: painted in blazing blue, red and white.

Estratto dal video realizzato per il Progetto Arte promosso dalla prestigiosa casa editrice Pearson Italia per la didattica nelle scuole. Il video ricostruis...

13/03/2014

There are places you go to once, and it's enough.... and then there's Naples.

22/01/2014

The British Museum’s current exhibition can only increase the crowds at Pompeii. So now’s the time to visit the other 'Vesuvian’ sites, says Mary Beard.