pics!

[perevision]

For z107m, because she reminded me, and petronia, who curates photos so much better than I do. ^_^

Pictures of Pompeii...

...part 1. Photoshop is acting up, so it'll be a while before I can edit and upload the rest. My favorites are the bath pictures, of course; I love those dust mote things that look like floating spirits.

Comments

[z107m.livejournal.com]

oh no! they had the alexander mosaic out of commission for restoration?! my sympathies. Last year I was at the louvre when they closed the entire David collection down for restoration; they were preparing for some anniversary exhibit. I could just barely peep at the the Coronation of Napoleon and Josephine through these big, ugly blockades. The guards thought my sister and I were rather weird. :b

Oh, and I have to tell you about my professors at the Vatican. They knew their way around the Vatican and a few shortcuts to some closed off exhibits, so they cut through some roped off areas, but were promptly caught by guards. At which point they pretended not to know Italian. :b

[pere-chan.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's so awesome XD My History of Art teacher has friends who curate for the British Museum, and just when I was thinking that was the coolest job in the world, she told me something funny. Apparently there's a big problem with rats and mice in the basement storage area, so they keep lots of resident cats. But when the cats can't do the job--and I SWEAR it's true--they bring someone in with a HAWK. I've been meaning to post about this, but keep forgetting. Can you IMAGINE being at a party with this person?

"So what do you do?"
"I'm an artist."
"I'm a journalist."
"I'm a lawyer."
"I'm the falconer for the British Museum."

oO Someone needs to write a fic about this...or draw a comic. and that someone is me. wanna join in? ^_^