FALL ARTS PREVIEW

Glory Drowned in Lava: 'Pompeii at the NGA'

pompeii.jpgSEE! THE INCREDIBLE Bay of Naples frescoes. Discover! A reconstructed dining room from south of Pompeii. Explore! Art from Pompeiian courtyards and gardens, evoking Plato's Academy. A show not to be missed.

"Pompeii and the Roman Villa: Art and Culture Around the Bay of Naples" includes more than 150 first-century BCE mosaics, sculptures and paintings, including recent discoveries on view in the U.S. for the first time.

» National Gallery of Art, 400 Constitution Ave. NW; Oct. 19-March 22; 202-737-4215. (Archives-Navy Memorial)

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