The kindness of a client has provided us with some frames from the film Agora.
They recreate idyllic settings of Greco-Egyptian Alexandria from the first centuries of our era.
The rooms – which look like living pictures of Alma Tadema – create a special atmosphere that transports us, not to the past, but to a part of ourselves.
We have found it interesting to highlight some of them where reproductions from our collection appear.
The sculpture of a Roman bust presides over the scene. This is our piece “Strength and Honour” but without polychrome patinas.
In this frame two pieces of singular beauty stand out: the Bust of Antinous and the head of Dionysus with a face that transmits great serenity
A simple sphinx reminds us of the fusion between the Egyptian and Greco-Roman worlds, especially in Alexandria
The central courtyard (Impluvium) where water melts, the serenity of the sculptures and the beautiful frescoes on the walls suggest a world where knowledge, ethics and aesthetics try to merge into the human.
Hipatia’s intimate spaces bring together love for Knowledge and Beauty in the same air.
