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Author : Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1850
Category : Pompeii (Extinct city)
ISBN : OXFORD:300151047
Historisk roman om livet i Pompeii i de sidste dage før ødelæggelsen år 79 f. Kr.
Author : Louisa H. Medina
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1858
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0018125988
Author : Victoria C. Gardner Coates,Kenneth D. S. Lapatin,Jon L. Seydl,Cleveland Museum of Art,Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781606061152
Destroyed yet paradoxically preserved by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, Pompeii and other nearby sites are usually considered places where we can most directly experience the daily lives of ancient Romans. Rather than present these sites as windows to the past, however, the authors of The Last Days of Pompeii: Decadence, Apocalypse, Resurrection explore Pompeii as a modern obsession, in which the Vesuvian sites function as mirrors of the present. Through cultural appropriation and projection, outstanding visual and literary artists of the last three centuries have made the ancient catastrophe their own, expressing contemporary concerns in diverse media--from paintings, prints, and sculpture, to theatrical performances, photography, and film. This lavishly illustrated volume--featuring the works of artists such as Piranesi, Fragonard, Kaufmann, Ingres, Chass�riau, and Alma-Tadema, as well as Duchamp, Dal�, Rothko, Rauschenberg, and Warhol--surveys the legacy of Pompeii in the modern imagination under the three overarching rubrics of decadence, apocalypse, and resurrection. Decadence investigates the perception of Pompeii as a site of impending and well-deserved doom due to the excesses of the ancient Romans, such as paganism, licentiousness, greed, gluttony, and violence. The catastrophic demise of the Vesuvian sites has become inexorably linked with the understanding of antiquity, turning Pompeii into a fundamental allegory for Apocalypse, to which all subsequent disasters (natural or man-made) are related, from the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 to Hiroshima, Nagasaki, 9/11, and Hurricane Katrina. Resurrection examines how Pompeii and the Vesuvian cities have been reincarnated in modern guise through both scientific archaeology and fantasy, as each successive cultural reality superimposed its values and ideas on the distant past. An exhibition of the same name will be on view at the Getty Villa from September 12, 2012, through January 7, 2013; at the Cleveland Museum of Art from February 24 through May 19, 2013; and at the Mus�e national des beaux-arts du Qu�bec from June 13 through November 8, 2013.
Author : Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1834
Category : Historical fiction, English
ISBN : OSU:32435026023317
Author : Charles R. Pellegrino
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2005-08-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780060751005
A fascinating look at Pompeii, Herculaneum and the Vesuvius eruption in comparison with other historically significant volcanic eruptions, including the World Trade Center disaster. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, which obliterated the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum, was a disaster that resounds to this day. Now palaeontologist Charles Pellegrino presents a wealth of new knowledge about the doomed towns – and brings to vivid life the people, their last moments, and the aftermath. The lessons learned from modern scrutiny of that ancient eruption produce disturbing echoes in the present. Dr Pellegrino, who worked at Ground Zero in the aftermath of the 9/11 attack, shares his unique knowledge of the strange physics of volcanic 'downblast' and 'collapse column', drawing a direct link from past to present, and providing readers with a poignant glimpse into the last moments of the 'American Vesuvius'.
Author : Edward George E.L. Bulwer- Lytton (1st baron.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1854
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600069587
Author : Kate Quinn,Stephanie Dray,Ben Kane,Eliza Knight,Sophie Perinot,Vicky Alvear
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780063310575
From six bestselling authors, including New York Times bestseller Kate Quinn, comes a vividly imagined novel following the lives of those in ancient Pompeii on the fateful day Mount Vesuvius erupts. Pompeii was a lively resort flourishing in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius at the height of the Roman Empire. When Vesuvius erupted in an explosion of flame and ash, the entire town would be destroyed. Some of its citizens died in the chaos, some escaped the mountain’s wrath . . . and these are their stories: A boy loses his innocence in Pompeii’s flourishing streets. An heiress dreads her wedding day, not knowing it will be swallowed by fire. An ex-legionary stakes his entire future on a gladiator bout destined never to be finished. A crippled senator welcomes death, until a tomboy on horseback comes to his rescue. A young mother faces an impossible choice for her unborn child as the ash falls. A priestess and a prostitute seek redemption and resurrection as the town is buried. Six authors bring to life overlapping stories of patricians and slaves, warriors and politicians, villains and heroes who cross each other’s paths during Pompeii’s fiery end. But who will escape, and who will be buried for eternity?
Author : Robert Harris
Publisher : Random House
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 49,9 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 : Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1835
Category : Pompeii (Extinct city)
ISBN : WISC:89005058607
Author : Ingrid D. Rowland
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674416536
The calamity that proved lethal for Pompeii inhabitants preserved the city for centuries, leaving behind a snapshot of Roman daily life that has captured the imagination of generations, including Renoir, Freud, Hirohito, Mozart, Dickens, Twain, Rossellini, and Ingrid Bergman. Interwoven is the thread of Ingrid Rowland's own impressions of Pompeii.
Author : Estelle Lazer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 41,9 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 : Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HWKR1P
Author : Baroness Orczy
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473374324
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Author : Colin Amery,Brian Curran
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
ISBN : 0892366877
"Richly illustrated with historical images and new images of the site by acclaimed photographer Chris Caldicott, The Lost World of Pompeii tells the fascinating story of the ghosts of a bygone era raised from the ashes."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4064066383909
Pompeii, A.D. 79. Athenian nobleman Glaucus arrives in the bustling and gaudy Roman town and quickly falls in love with the beautiful Greek Ione. Ione's former guardian, the malevolent Egyptian sorcerer Arbaces, has designs on Ione and sets out to destroy their budding happiness. But will he succeed in his evil plot? Or, will the cataclysmic destruction of the city by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius be the end of all? And, what will happen to the love story of Glaucus and Ione? Read on!