Pompeii Herculaneum

Author : Alison E. Cooley,M. G. L. Cooley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134624560

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Pompeii and Herculaneum by Alison E. Cooley,M. G. L. Cooley Pdf

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 : Andrew Wallace-Hadrill
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-10
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780691244150

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Houses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum by Andrew Wallace-Hadrill Pdf

Few sources reveal the life of the ancient Romans as vividly as do the houses preserved by the eruption of Vesuvius. Wealthy Romans lavished resources on shaping their surroundings to impress their crowds of visitors. The fashions they set were taken up and imitated by ordinary citizens. In this illustrated book, Andrew Wallace-Hadrill explores the rich potential of the houses of Pompeii and Herculaneum to offer new insights into Roman social life. Exposing misconceptions derived from contemporary culture, he shows the close interconnection of spheres we take as discrete: public and private, family and outsiders, work and leisure. Combining archaeological evidence with Roman texts and comparative material from other cultures, Wallace-Hadrill raises a range of new questions. How did the organization of space and the use of decoration help to structure social encounters between owner and visitor, man and woman, master and slave? What sort of "households" did the inhabitants of the Roman house form? How did the world of work relate to that of entertainment and leisure? How widely did the luxuries of the rich spread among the houses of craftsmen and shopkeepers? Through analysis of the remains of over two hundred houses, Wallace-Hadrill reveals the remarkably dynamic social environment of early imperial Italy, and the vital part that houses came to play in defining what it meant "to live as a Roman."

Author : Paul Roberts
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 0199987432

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Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum by Paul Roberts Pdf

"This book is published to accompany the exhibition at the British Museum from 28 March to 29 September 2013"--T.p. verso.

Author : Victoria C. Gardner Coates,Jon L. Seydl
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
ISBN : 0892368721

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Antiquity Recovered by Victoria C. Gardner Coates,Jon L. Seydl Pdf

'Antiquity Recovered' presents 13 diverse essays that trace how perceptions of the past have changed over the course of three centuries of excavations. They range in subject from a reassessment of the contents of the library at Herculaneum's Villa of the Papyri, to the symbolic appearance of the ancient world in classic films.

Author : Jeremy Hartnett
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-09
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781107105706

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The Roman Street by Jeremy Hartnett Pdf

In this book, Jeremy Hartnett explores the role of the ancient Roman street as the primary venue for social performance and political negotiations.

Author : Joseph Jay Deiss
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1989-09-21
Category : History
ISBN : 0892361646

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Herculaneum by Joseph Jay Deiss Pdf

A vivid portrayal of life in Pompeii's sister city, this book includes a detailed description of the ancient Villa dei Papyri, on which the present Getty Museum in Malibu is modeled.

Author : Lawrence Richardson
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Art
ISBN : 0801862353

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A Catalog of Identifiable Figure Painters of Ancient Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae by Lawrence Richardson Pdf

A herculean effort to identify the hands of individual wall painters who worked in Pompeii and the surrounding area. How did figure painting fit into the economic and artistic life of Pompeii? Did the best painters work in conjunction with one another? Did they paint only the important pictures in the best rooms and, if so, who painted the rest? Were the best houses the showplaces for these painters' work? If not, what was the function of these decorations in Pompeian life? L. Richardson, jr, has had a long and distinguished career writing about Roman art and architecture, particularly that of the companion town of Pompeii and its environs. In this newest work, he attributes many of the surviving wall decorations to particular painters. It is a catalog in the true sense, grouping the pictures by style and then by painter. Richardson describes the salient characteristics of a painter's work, and then inventories the pictures he attributes to that painter, together with cross-references to other catalogs and sources of good reproductions. The book will serve as a valuable resource for specialists in classics and art history, as well as a unique guide for intellectually adventurous tourists visiting the Museo Nazionale at Naples and the sites of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae.

Author : Michael Grant
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 1842122193

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Cities of Vesuvius by Michael Grant Pdf

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 : Pamela Bradley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-23
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781107638112

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Cities of Vesuvius by Pamela Bradley Pdf

Cities of Vesuvius: Pompeii and Herculaneum has been written especially for the core topic of the new NSW HSC Ancient History syllabus.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Art
ISBN : UVA:X000640444

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Great Treasures of Pompeii & Herculaneum by Anonim Pdf

The Forum, Pompeii - Art, Greco - Works of art, Pompeii.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DK Eyewitness Travel
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-02
Category : Amalfi Coast (Italy)
ISBN : 1465427066

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Naples & the Amalfi Coast by Anonim Pdf

Col. ill. and maps on inside covers, and detachable col. map of Naples affixed to flap of p. [3] of cover.

Author : Paul Roberts,Vanessa Baldwin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Art
ISBN : 0714122831

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Art in Pompeii and Herculaneum by Paul Roberts,Vanessa Baldwin Pdf

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 : Michael Grant
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Art
ISBN : 0882252690

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The Art and Life of Pompeii and Herculaneum by Michael Grant Pdf

Bibliography : p. 83.

Author : Wilhelmina Mary Feemster Jashemski
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Animal remains (Archaeology)
ISBN : UCSC:32106010850938

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The Gardens of Pompeii by Wilhelmina Mary Feemster Jashemski Pdf

Author : Alison Cooley,Melvin George Lowe Cooley
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0415262119

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Pompeii by Alison Cooley,Melvin George Lowe Cooley Pdf

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 e" 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.