Classical to Classical

Everything about/from/inspired by classical times (but not limited to ancient Greece and Rome) up to the classical period (music), including movies and tv shows set in this time period.

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A KNIGHT’S TALE (2001) Dir. Brian Helgeland: (armor appreciation)

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Book of the Dead of Chonsu-mes.

Period/Date: 21st Dynasty; 1000 BC.

Place of origin: Thebes (?)

Medium: Papyrus, painted

[kuutamosonaatti]

The Procession 

Panoply Vase Animation Project

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egyptian singer amira selim sings ancient egyptian verses at the pharaoh’s golden parade, in which the mummies of egypt’s ancient royalty were transported to their new home. 3rd April 2021.

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[nevver]

Beware the Ides of March

[oldpaintings]

Stucco relief panel (The Met)

Period:Early Imperial  Culture:Roman

Date:2nd half of the 1st century A.D. 

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The Madonna at prayer (detail) Giovanni Battista Salvi (Il Sassoferrato)

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Messe de saint Marcel (Rome, VIIe-XIIIe) : I-Introitus : “Statuit & Dominus”

Ensemble Organum

Marcel Pérès (direction)

Enr. 1977

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Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio and his follower Cecco del Caravaggio

[twirld]

Elizabeth I 

[dailyclassicalmusic]

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Composer: Anonymous (Old Roman Chant)

Work: Puer natus est nobis (6th Century)

Performer: Ensemble Organum; conducted by Marcel Peres

[upennmanuscripts]

Today’s #ManuscriptOfTheDay is Ms. Codex 1116, a 15th c Italian legal document, originally a roll, folded and sewn into a binding in the 17th c, later sewn into yet another binding. The front cover of the 17th c binding describes the document’s contents. #medieval #manuscript #binding #parchment #15thc #italy #italian #law #legal #historyoflaw #bookhistory #librariesofinstagram https://instagr.am/p/CUAf5SbMtu8/

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ICONIC MOVIES | GLADIATOR (2000) dir. Ridley Scott

The general who became a slave. The slave who became a gladiator. The gladiator who defied an emperor. Striking story! But now, the people want to know how the story ends. Only a famous death will do. And what could be more glorious than to challenge the Emperor himself in the great arena?

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Close Helmet (detail, ca. 1540–45) Attributed to Giovan Paolo Negroli The Met

[dailyclassicalmusic]

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Composer: Camilla de Rossi (ca 1670 - 1710)

Work: Sinfonia. Presto from Il sacrifitio di Abramo (1708)

Performer: Weser-Renaissance; conducted by Manfred Cordes

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Edmund Blair Leighton - Paulus van Hillegaert