Gold-plated Roman horse head found

So many Roman things to find but so little time!


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Veronese's Wedding at Cana--a Cinematographer's Dream

In an interesting twist to the history of some of the world's most treasured art, The Wedding at Cana by Paolo Veronese has been turned into a cinematographer's dream.

Peter Greenaway, the already fabled British film maker has applied his skilled eye to bringing the painting to life. The colors are vivid and enchanting, the brilliance of the light and shadow invites each viewer to partake in the wedding as if it were happening in real time on all sides of the viewer.

From 1552 until his death in 1588, Paolo Veronese (né Paolo Caliari) worked in Venice and provided numerous works of art to the leading persons. The Wedding at Cana, appropriately, was painted for the refectory of Benedictine monastery of the island of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice.

New York Times article, "In Venice, Peter Greenaway Takes Veronese's Figures Out to Play."

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