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Natural History (Pliny)
The Natural History is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77–79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman Empire to the modern day and purports to cover the entire field of ancient knowledge, based on the best authorities available to Pliny. He claims to be the only Roman ever to have undertaken such a work and prays for the blessing of the universal mother: Hail to thee, Nature, thou parent of all things! and do thou deign to show thy favour unto me, who, alone of all the citizens of Rome, have, in thy every department, thus made known thy praise. The work became a model for all later encyclopedias in terms of the breadth of subject matter examined, the need to reference original authors, and a comprehensive index list of the contents. The work is dedicated to the emperor Titus, son of Pliny's close friend, the emperor Vespasian, in the first year of Titus's reign. It is the only work by Pliny to have survived and the last that he published, lacking a final revision at his sudden and unexpected death in the AD 79 eruption of Vesuvius.
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- Artist(s):
- Jacques-Louis David
Apelle peignant Campaspe en présence d'Alexandre
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- Portrayed subject:
- Alexander the Great
- Apelles
- Helmet
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Pierre-Narcisse Guérin
Alexandre cédant Campaspe à Apelle
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- Portrayed subject:
- Alexander the Great
- Apelles
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- Date:
- 18th century
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Nicolas-Guy Brenet
CAIUS FURIUS CRESSINUS ACCUSE DE SORTILEGE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Date:
- 18th century
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Apelle peint le portrait de Campaspe sous le regard d'Ale...
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Alexander the Great
- Apelles
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- Date:
- 17th century
- 18th century
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Alexandre, Apelle et Campaspe ; putto tourné vers la gauc...
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Alexander the Great
- Apelles
- Statue
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- Date:
- 17th century
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Générosité d'Alexandre ; Alexandre cède Campaspe, sa maît...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Alexander the Great
- Apelles
- Fauteuil
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Alexandre, Campaspe et Apelle
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Alexander the Great
- Apelles
- Statue
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- Date:
- 19th century
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La Mort de la jeune fille de Sestos (titre récent) ; Apot...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Architecture
- City
- Moon
- Paganism
- Priesthood (Catholic Church)
- Sestos
- …
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- Date:
- 16th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Ensemble de la composition ; Alexandre cédant Campaspe à ...
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Alexander the Great
- Apelles
- Woman
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Ensemble de la composition ; Alexandre cédant Campaspe à ...
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Alexander the Great
- Apelles
- Woman
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Ensemble de la composition ; Histoire d'Alexandre le Gran...
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Alexander the Great
- Apelles
- Woman
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Apelle (Nu, de profil à gauche, baisant la main d'Alexand...
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Apelles
- Hand-kissing
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Apelle (Nu, baisant la main d'Alexandre)
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Alexander the Great
- Apelles
- Hand-kissing
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Laocoon et ses fils
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Laocoön
- Snake
- Strangling
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- Date:
- 18th century
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