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Author : Paul Roberts
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 0199987432
"This book is published to accompany the exhibition at the British Museum from 28 March to 29 September 2013"--T.p. verso.
Author : James M. Deem
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
ISBN : 9780618473083
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Author : Ingrid D. Rowland
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674416536
When Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, the force of the explosion blew the top right off the mountain, burying nearby Pompeii in a shower of volcanic ash. Ironically, the calamity that proved so lethal for Pompeii's inhabitants preserved the city for centuries, leaving behind a snapshot of Roman daily life that has captured the imagination of generations. The experience of Pompeii always reflects a particular time and sensibility, says Ingrid Rowland. From Pompeii: The Afterlife of a Roman Town explores the fascinating variety of these different experiences, as described by the artists, writers, actors, and others who have toured the excavated site. The city's houses, temples, gardens--and traces of Vesuvius's human victims--have elicited responses ranging from awe to embarrassment, with shifting cultural tastes playing an important role. The erotic frescoes that appalled eighteenth-century viewers inspired Renoir to change the way he painted. For Freud, visiting Pompeii was as therapeutic as a session of psychoanalysis. Crown Prince Hirohito, arriving in the Bay of Naples by battleship, found Pompeii interesting, but Vesuvius, to his eyes, was just an ugly version of Mount Fuji. Rowland treats readers to the distinctive, often quirky responses of visitors ranging from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Charles Dickens, and Mark Twain to Roberto Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman. Interwoven throughout a narrative lush with detail and insight is the thread of Rowland's own impressions of Pompeii, where she has returned many times since first visiting in 1962.
Author : Jean-Paul Descœudres,Penelope Mary Allison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Architecture, Domestic
ISBN : UOM:39015036076159
Author : Alison E. Cooley,M. G. L. Cooley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134624560
The original edition of Pompeii: A Sourcebook was a crucial resource for students of the site. Now updated to include material from Herculaneum, the neighbouring town also buried in the eruption of Vesuvius, Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Sourcebook allows readers to form a richer and more diverse picture of urban life on the Bay of Naples. Focusing upon inscriptions and ancient texts, it translates and sets into context a representative sample of the huge range of source material uncovered in these towns. From the labels on wine jars to scribbled insults, and from advertisements for gladiatorial contests to love poetry, the individual chapters explore the early history of Pompeii and Herculaneum, their destruction, leisure pursuits, politics, commerce, religion, the family and society. Information about Pompeii and Herculaneum from authors based in Rome is included, but the great majority of sources come from the cities themselves, written by their ordinary inhabitants – men and women, citizens and slaves. Encorporating the latest research and finds from the two cities and enhanced with more photographs, maps, and plans, Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Sourcebook offers an invaluable resource for anyone studying or visiting the sites.
Author : James M. Deem
Publisher : Sandpiper
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2008-09-10
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0547133634
A riveting photo-essay about the archaeological excavation of Pompeii and Herculaneum!In the year A.D. 79, an eruption of Mount Vesuvius effectively wiped out several towns, including Pompeii and Herculaneum. Hundreds of years later these towns began to be rediscovered--not only their houses and art, but also their citizens. Excavators were able to cast plaster molds in air pockets formed by bodies encased in lava and hardened ash. The resulting "mummies" not only capture the human tragedy of Vesuvius's eruption, but provide valuable evidence about life, and death, in ancient Italy.
Author : Mary Beard
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2010-07-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781847650641
WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2008 'The world's most controversial classicist debunks our movie-style myths about the Roman town with meticulous scholarship and propulsive energy' Laura Silverman, Daily Mail The ruins of Pompeii, buried by an explosion of Vesuvius in 79 CE, offer the best evidence we have of everyday life in the Roman empire. This remarkable book rises to the challenge of making sense of those remains, as well as exploding many myths: the very date of the eruption, probably a few months later than usually thought; or the hygiene of the baths which must have been hotbeds of germs; or the legendary number of brothels, most likely only one; or the massive death count, maybe less than ten per cent of the population. An extraordinary and involving portrait of an ancient town, its life and its continuing re-discovery, by Britain's favourite classicist.
Author : Jeremy Hartnett
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-09
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781107105706
In this book, Jeremy Hartnett explores the role of the ancient Roman street as the primary venue for social performance and political negotiations.
Author : Robert Harris
Publisher : Random House
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781409021650
PRE-ORDER PRECIPICE, THE THRILLING NEW NOVEL FROM ROBERT HARRIS, NOW - PUBLISHING AUGUST 2024 'A pulse-rate-speeding masterpiece' Sunday Times 'A stunning novel . . . the subtlety and power of its construction holds our attention to the end' The Times During a sweltering week in late August, as Rome's richest citizens relax in their villas around Pompeii and Herculaneum, there are ominous warnings that something is going wrong. Wells and springs are failing, a man has disappeared, and now the greatest aqueduct in the world - the mighty Aqua Augusta - has suddenly ceased to flow . . . Through the eyes of four characters - a young engineer, an adolescent girl, a corrupt millionaire and an elderly scientist - Robert Harris brilliantly recreates a luxurious world on the brink of destruction. 'As explosive as Etna, as addictive as a thriller, as satisfying as great history' Daily Telegraph
Author : Emidio De Albentiis
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780892369416
The remains of the ancient city of Pompeii, frozen in time following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in a.d. 79, have provided invaluable evidence of daily life, not only in Rome's provinces, but in its larger urban centers as well. This book provides a fascinating look at how ancient Romans interacted in their public squares and marketplaces, how they worshipped, decorated their homes, and spent their leisure time--at the theater, in the gymnasium, and in the baths and brothels. Illustrated with photographs of architectural remains and exquisite details from a range of ancient artworks, including wall paintings, sculptures, mosaics, and carved reliefs, the book offers a glimpse into a lost world.
Author : Paul Roberts,Vanessa Baldwin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Art
ISBN : 0714122831
An illustrated treasury of the art from Pompeii and Herculaneum, this charming gift book displays the range of fascinating objects that were created by the skilled hands of accomplished classical craftsmen. A short introduction to each section provides enlightening information which helps to place these beautifully produced artworks in their historical and artistic context. With stunning details of frescoes, mosaics, sculpture, jewellery, glass and silverware, this little book provides an enchanting taste of the variety of art from these two cities.
Author : Paul Zanker
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1999-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674257610
Pompeii's tragedy is our windfall: an ancient city fully preserved, its urban design and domestic styles speaking across the ages. This richly illustrated book conducts us through the captured wonders of Pompeii, evoking at every turn the life of the city as it was 2,000 years ago. When Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D. its lava preserved not only the Pompeii of that time but a palimpsest of the city's history, visible traces of the different societies of Pompeii's past. Paul Zanker, a noted authority on Roman art and architecture, disentangles these tantalizing traces to show us the urban images that marked Pompeii's development from country town to Roman imperial city. Exploring Pompeii's public buildings, its streets and gathering places, we witness the impact of religious changes, the renovation of theaters and expansion of athletic facilities, and the influence of elite families on the city's appearance. Through these stages, Zanker adeptly conjures a sense of the political and social meanings in urban planning and public architecture. The private houses of Pompeii prove equally eloquent, their layout, decor, and architectural detail speaking volumes about the life, taste, and desires of their owners. At home or in public, at work or at ease, these Pompeians and their world come alive in Zanker's masterly rendering. A provocative and original reading of material culture, his work is an incomparable introduction to urban life in antiquity.
Author : Michael Grant
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 1842122193
The eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79 buried the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum beneath a layer of ash and pumice several metres deep. The disaster was so swift and so complete that, although most of the inhabitants escaped, the materials of their daily lives were preserved intact giving us a near-perfect representation of what life was like in a Roman provincial town of the first century, from the graffiti on the walls to the fruit on the market stalls.The classical historian and pre-eminent communicator Michael Grant shows us these two cities, their arts, trades, public and private life, their squares and temples, pubs and brothels after nineteen hundred years frozen in death.
Author : Estelle Lazer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009-09-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134507191
Recognizing the important contribution of the human skeletal evidence to the archaeology of Pompeii, Lazer presents an in-depth study of the people of pompeii, and gives students an essential resource in the study of this fascinating historical event.
Author : Pamela Bradley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-23
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781107638112
Cities of Vesuvius: Pompeii and Herculaneum has been written especially for the core topic of the new NSW HSC Ancient History syllabus.
