POMPEII AND THE ROMAN VILLA: ART AND CULURE AROUND THE BAY OF NAPLES

On September 26th I went to the  Pompeii and the Roman Villa: Art and culture around the bay of Naples exhibit at the LACMA with my friend Ebony. It was AMAZING, but as Ebony pointed out it was not as big of a collection of pieces as we had hoped. Either way it was a refreshing bath of some much needed culture and it is always a pleasure to see the way greek culture influences others and this exhibit was dripping with greek influence, it was impossible to get away from it. Everywhere you turned there was yet another depiction of an Apollo or an Athena. Some were so beautiful I wanted to move into the museum as my permanent residence. Some of my favorite pieces were

 1) A roman gladiator helmet with reliefs telling Homer's tales of Troy. (I think)

2) This painting of the 3 Graces