art history

Pompeii's ancient art of textile dyeing revived to show another side of life before eruption

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Pompeii's ancient art of textile dyeing revived to show another side of life before eruption

Visitors admire frescoes and friezes that decorate the living room in one of the wealthiest homes in Pompeii, the House of the Vetti, in the Pompeii archeological site. | Photo Credit: AP A new project inside the Pompeii archaeological site is reviving ancient textile dyeing techniques to show another side of daily life before the … Read more

Colossal canvas | Book review: ‘Conversations’ by B N Goswamy

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Colossal canvas | Book review: ‘Conversations’ by B N Goswamy

There is always an art exhibition or a cultural show from India going on at the Museum Rietberg in Zurich, Switzerland. This particular show at the “outpost of the arts of Asia” took place in the ’80s and it was Koodiyattam from Kerala. Eberhard Fischer, the museum director, had decided to let visitors see the … Read more