The Eternal Light

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The Eternal Light

A marble sculpture called Crouching Aphrodite With Eros created in the second century, replicating the sculptural style of Praxiteles, the greatest of the Attic sculptors of the fourth century B.C. The modeling of this sculpture was commonly used to decorate the gardens of villas and palaces in the Roman period
Pseudo Seneca, a Roman bronze bust of an unidentified high-ranking person, dating back to the late first century B.C.
Mosaic With Lion and Dionysian Procession, a mosaic fragment unearthed in 1829, depicting the interior of a temple of Dionysos, the god of winemaking in ancient Greek mythology
A 2,000-year-old glass pitcher unearthed at the site of Mount Vesuvius
A 2,000-year-old Pompeii fresco of Narcissus, a well-known character in Greek mythology, who is the origin of the term "narcissism," or a fixation on oneself

Ancient Greece and Rome are recognized as the cradle of Western civilization. The Naples National Archaeological Museum in Italy is home to the world's most extensive collection of ancient Roman sculptures and frescoes from the ancient city of Pompeii, buried and preserved by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. Some of the museum's world-renowned masterpieces are now on display in an exhibition titled The Light of Ancient Roman Civilization, on show at the China World Art Museum in Beijing, from June 10 to October 8.

Through nearly 70 groups of ancient Roman artifacts, including sculptures, frescoes, bronzes, glassware and other art categories, the beauty of ancient Rome is on show for the Chinese public.

(Text and photos by Kang Caiqi)

Copyedited by G.P. Wilson

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