Rites et religion à Rome. Collections – Expositions the journey to the Orient

the journey to the Orient having become an obligatory complement to the Grand Tour in Italy

” I've painted quite a few now

permet d’étudier comment Rome se perçoit lorsqu’elle est vaincue et comment les ennemis des Romains célèbrent leurs victoires contre la cité latine

affinities and correspondences from one subject to another

to the likely

Rites et religion à Rome. Collections – Expositions the journey to the OrientProlific, inventive, and constantly in touch with the life of the city, Roman religion differed radically from our modern religions. It did not require any belief in accordance with a doctrine, nor did it recognize meditative practices, nor readings of sacred texts, nor contemplative and internalized prayers. The "faithful" of the Roman gods were not believers caught up in their personal religious lives, but citizens conceived in their collective