From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #3686 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Monday, March 2 2020 Volume 14 : Number 3686 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Pay no extra for TV ["**TV Booster**" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2020 06:43:35 -0500 From: "**TV Booster**" Subject: Pay no extra for TV Pay no extra for TV http://kingsbooster.buzz/FxCuKutW3bCNoGlUIWd0haVCRMkzUOCdeo_a5TP5yjf8zZEI http://kingsbooster.buzz/fWwGvWJKdwqNaDjFEsuSKxEWKV6eaTO7F4OGTMGA4dS8hZU The extensive gold leaf that gave the villa its name was not the only extravagant element of its decor: stuccoed ceilings were faced with semi-precious stones and ivory veneers, while the walls were frescoed, coordinating the decoration into different themes in each major group of rooms. Pliny the Elder watched it being built and mentions it in his Naturalis Historia. Frescoes covered every surface that was not more richly finished. The main artist was one Famulus (or Fabulus according to some sources). Fresco technique, working on damp plaster, demands a speedy and sure touch: Famulus and assistants from his studio covered a spectacular amount of wall area with frescoes. Pliny, in his Natural History, recounts how Famulus went for only a few hours each day to the Golden House, to work while the light was right. The swiftness of Famulus's execution gives a wonderful unity and astonishing delicacy to his compositions. Pliny the Elder presents Amulius as one of the principal painters of the domus aurea: "More recently, lived Amulius, a grave and serious personage, but a painter in the florid style. By this artist there was a Minerva, which had the appearance of always looking at the spectators, from whatever point it was viewed. He only painted a few hours each day, and then with the greatest gravity, for he always kept the toga on, even when in the midst of his implements. The Golden Palace of Nero was the prison-house of this artist's productions, and hence it is that there are so few of them to be seen elsewhere ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #3686 **********************************************