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Gita a Pompei

Today, Casa Frisi propose to our (virtual) guests a trip to Pompei

First of all, to refresh your memory, we suggest to have a look at what the Encyclopædia Britannica says about Pompeii. Did you know, for instance, that together with Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata, it was a UNESCO Heritage Site since 1997?

Before your visit, you can relive what happened to the city 2000 years ago the day of the eruption

If you know a bit of French, this video made by Arte, is even more impressive

If you have more time, have a look at a longer version (still in French)

Let’s go!

Well, enough with the introduction and the preparations, now is time for the real journey… but…

...wait a minute, there is a problem… there is nobody there…

Unfortunately, as you can imagine, the archaeological site is closed to the public because of coronavirus, and even the Expo Pompei, an exhibition that, in the world outside our current reality, should have started on March 25 at the Grand Palais in Paris, obviously did not.

But don’t be sad! Look at the bright side, normally from Casa Frisi you have to travel more than three hours to see this beautiful place, but today you can just click and see it from home.

Pompei chez vous!, as the French say.

Visit some of the house

Don’t forget to add subtitles! Unless you are fluent in French, of course!

Have a look how the mosaic are restored

(Again, don’t forget the subtitles)

But first, don’t forget to browse the catalog!

In French, you can see the exhibition with a guide from Telerama

At Casafrisi, we never forget kids

Here is an introduction to Pompeii for the little people

For the older ones, we suggest this Timeline’s version of Lost World Of Pompeii

Or you can play The Downfall of Pompeii

Or help Alabama Smith to Escape from Pompeii

The lucky ones who speak French can play games, thanks to the Grand Palais

Read The Classic

After this engaging journey, we invite you to read Goethe’s version of this trip

In Italian, you can find it at Wikimedia

In English or French, I am sure you will have no problem to find it

We hope you enjoyed your visit to CasaFrisi! See you next week!

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#RomeNoVirus

Keep it up! At CasaFrisi we are trying to do exactly that. The house is empty, of course, and Rome is deserted. But we decided that from now on we will take you around virtually, waiting and preparing the moment in which you will be able to come again in real life, as tourists. We called it #RomeNoVirus

Today we will talk about a very famous painting of the National Gallery of Rome (on google maps you can find it here, near Villa Borghese): The three ages of the woman, by Gustav Klimt, oil painting on canvas of 180 x 180 cm, visible online thanks to Google Arts and Culture.

In a single painting, Klimt symbolically represents the three main moment of a woman’s life: childhood, motherhood and old age.

Let’s have a look at this video that explains Klimt’s work

Also watch Mercedes Weidmer presenting ‘The Three Ages of Woman’ in 2014

Here a description, here a look and here a deeper look

To know better Gustav Klimt and his artistic works, you could watch the following video:

or have a look at Gustav Klimt. The complete catalogue of his paintings

Klimt inspired many painters, writers, musician.

This work in particular has been digitally reimagined as vectorial art, using Adobe Illustrator

Someone made a Wooled work of art out of it

Someone else a christmas gift

You can try it on your own. Or else, you could

And don’t forget to listen to some jazz music inspired by Klimt

Better still, the full album by Italian composer Claudio Ottaviano