necspenecmetu: Francois-Andre Vincent, Alcibiades Being Taught by Socrates, 1777
cherchezlaflow: Pollice Verso is a painting by French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme, featuring the eponymous Roman gesture directed to the winning gladiators. The painting inspired the 2000 film Gladiator, where Commodus holds raised thumb to spare Maximus. Gérôme’s depiction of Colosseum’s architecture is based on accurate drawings and the armour of gladiators follows the design of those found in Pompeii. Gérôme also checked the written sources for archaeological reference. Some Latin textbooks used Pollice Verso to illustrate Roman customs. The producers of Gladiator showed Ridley Scott a reproduction of Pollice Verso before he read the film script. “That image spoke to me of the Roman Empire in all its glory and wickedness. I knew right then and there I was hooked”, said Scott.
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jaded-mandarin: François Boucher. Juno Asking Aeolus to Release the Winds.
jaded-mandarin: Antonio Bellucci. Detail from St. Sebastian, 1718.
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