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Creative => Customs Gallery => Dioramas & Buildings => Topic started by: Timotheos on May 04, 2008, 14:53:02
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Here are some photos of a Nymphaeum I slapped together for my Roman provincial town (in progress).
A Nymphaeum was a place people could get fresh water from--either a natural spring that had been "beautified" or a reservoir containing run-off from an aquaduct. The Nymphaeum was dedicated to the "nymphs", but from examples I've seen the patron who sponsored it could decorate it as he/she pleased, often adding statues of her family.
My Nymphaeum is much simpler than that (actually it doesn't quite meet how I wanted it). But for the moment, it gets by and adds a roughly Roman-ish look to my backwater (no pun intended) village.
If you'd like a more personal description of a nymphaeum, check out "The Murder of Regilla" (Sarah B. Pomeroy), a reconstructed biography of a Roman woman married off to a rich Greek (Herodes, a tutor of Marcus Aurelius). She commissioned a Nymphaeum at the site of the Olympic games during her stint as the priestess of a temple there. The statues included a dedication to the emperor and statues for all her children.
My Nymphaeum limits itself to the emperor... Trajan or Hadrian, by my target era.
-Tim
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Very nice Tim! Thank you for the pix, I especially like the fairy in the stump and the ducks.
Gepetto
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Very nice, Tim. It accomplishes your goal of giving some "civilization" to the "barbarian" landscape. I can't wait to see your entire completed Roman diorama.
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I'm sure your backwater village will be very proud of its nymphaeum; it's a great looking custom. I, too, like the ducks. (We often walk by the canal into town and now is duckling season so each time there is a greater selection of ducklings swimming about ranging from today's arrivals to others a week old.
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it looks wonderfull - it certainly seems to have a tranquility of such a place ...
Bogro
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Hello, Timmy ...
Your Roman Nymphaeum reminded me of the Neptune Pool (http://gallery.mcstudios.net/v/pano/hearst_castle_pool.jpg.html) at Hearst Castle.
BTW ... I am really enjoying all your Roman customs.
All the best,
Richard
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even better than the fantastic "nouveau-riche" hearst castle that richard remembered, i instantly thought about "villa adriana". :love:
it was built in tivoly 19 centuries ago by the roman emperor hadrian and if you are a fan of the roman civilization you MUST really go there tim (it is not very far from rome - a 1/2 hour drive). :yup:
great custom. :wow:
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I definitely have to go see that.
Wish I had the money to build my own.
My leaking water hose beside the house doesn't cut it.
-Tim