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Book Synopsis Att Återupptäcka Pompeji, Suédois by :
Download or read book Att Återupptäcka Pompeji, Suédois written by and published by L'ERMA di BRETSCHNEIDER. This book was released on 1990 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Resurrecting Pompeii by : Estelle Lazer
Download or read book Resurrecting Pompeii written by Estelle Lazer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-09-10 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resurrecting Pompeii provides an in-depth study of a unique site from antiquity with information about a population who all died from the same known cause within a short period of time. Pompeii has been continuously excavated and studied since 1748. Early scholars working in Pompeii and other sites associated with the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius were seduced by the wealth of artefacts and wall paintings yielded by the site. This meant that the less visually attractive evidence, such as human skeletal remains, were largely ignored. Recognizing the important contribution of the human skeletal evidence to the archaeology of Pompeii, Resurrecting Pompeii remedies that misdemeanour, and provides students of archaeology and history with an essential resource in the study of this fascinating historical event.
Author :Christopher Charles Parslow Publisher :Cambridge University Press ISBN 13 :9780521646642 Total Pages :418 pages Book Rating :4.6/5 (466 download)
Book Synopsis Rediscovering Antiquity by : Christopher Charles Parslow
Download or read book Rediscovering Antiquity written by Christopher Charles Parslow and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-10-13 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1995 book examines the early history of the excavations at three important sites of classical antiquity, which came to light in 1738 through the life and work of Karl Jakob Weber, who supervised these investigations from 1750 to 1765. While many of his contemporaries sought only the recovery of precious antiquities to the exclusion of the architectural remains, Weber sought to retrieve evidence of the ancient urban fabric and to relate his discoveries to their archaeological context, thereby establishing the first systematic approach for the excavations. He also proposed a revolutionary manner for publishing his findings, in which all of the works of art from an individual site would appear together with detailed plans, drawings, and commentary drawn from classical and modern sources. His methods were to influence all subsequent publications of contemporary rediscoveries throughout Europe. Based on original excavation documents and plans, contemporary correspondence and the extant archaeological remains.
Book Synopsis The World of Pompeii by : Pedar Foss
Download or read book The World of Pompeii written by Pedar Foss and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-06-02 with total page 705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This well-illustrated volume, written by experts, is an all-embracing survey of The World of Pompeii, the town of Herculaneum and the many urban and rural villas.
Book Synopsis The Last Days of Pompeii by : Victoria C. Gardner Coates
Download or read book The Last Days of Pompeii written by Victoria C. Gardner Coates and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2012 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Bodies from the Ash by : James M. Deem
Download or read book Bodies from the Ash written by James M. Deem and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2005 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description
Download or read book Pompeii Awakened written by Judith Harris and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rediscovery of the Roman cities overwhelmed by the rage of Vesuvius is one of history's most extraordinary adventure stories. Pompeii Awakened revels in that adventure, and tells of the re-emergence of a long-vanished cosmopolis which profoundly inspired a later age - from its arts and architecture to its science, sex and religion.
Download or read book Rediscovering Pompeii written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Resurrecting Pompeii by : Estelle Lazer
Download or read book Resurrecting Pompeii written by Estelle Lazer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-09-10 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Antiquity Recovered by : Victoria C. Gardner Coates
Download or read book Antiquity Recovered written by Victoria C. Gardner Coates and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2007 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '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.
Book Synopsis The Small Finds and Vessel Glass from Insula VI.1 Pompeii: Excavations 1995-2006 by : H.E.M. Cool
Download or read book The Small Finds and Vessel Glass from Insula VI.1 Pompeii: Excavations 1995-2006 written by H.E.M. Cool and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2016-11-07 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report presents the vessel glass and small finds found during the excavations between 1995 and 2006 that took place in Insula VI.1, Pompeii (henceforth VI.1). More than 5,000 items are discussed, and the size of the assemblage has meant that the publication is in two parts.
Download or read book Writing Matters written by Irene Berti and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2017-08-21 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume includes a compilation of new approaches to the investigation of inscriptions from different cultural contexts. Innovative research questions about "material text cultures" are examined with reference to Classical Athens, late ancient and Byzantine churches and urban spaces, Hellenistic and Roman cities, and medieval buildings.
Book Synopsis Archeologia e Calcolatori, 28.2, 2017 – Knowledge, Analysis and Innovative Methods for the Study and the Dissemination of Ancient Urban Areas – Proceedings of the KAINUA 2017 International Conference in Honour of Professor Giuseppe Sassatelli’s 70th Birthday (Bologna, 18-21 April 2017) by : Simone Garagnani
Download or read book Archeologia e Calcolatori, 28.2, 2017 – Knowledge, Analysis and Innovative Methods for the Study and the Dissemination of Ancient Urban Areas – Proceedings of the KAINUA 2017 International Conference in Honour of Professor Giuseppe Sassatelli’s 70th Birthday (Bologna, 18-21 April 2017) written by Simone Garagnani and published by All’Insegna del Giglio. This book was released on 2018-02-26 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Non è stato inserito nullaGli Atti del Convegno Internazionale "KAINUA 2017. Knowledge, Analysis and Innovative Methods for the Study and the Dissemination of Ancient Urban Areas", a cura di S. Garagnani e A. Gaucci, sono pubblicati nella rivista «Archeologia e Calcolatori», n. 28, tomo 2. Il Convegno, in onore del 70° Compleanno del Professor Giuseppe Sassatelli, si è tenuto a Bologna presso il Dipartimento di Storia Culture Civiltà dell'Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna nell'aprile 2017. Più di cinquanta articoli, suddivisi in 6 sezioni (1. Ancient Cities: Past and Current Perspectives; 2. Kainua Project; 3. Etruscan Cities and their Landscapes: New Perspectives, Innovative Methods and Dissemination; 4. From the Ancient Cities to the Landscapes: Projects and Researches; 5. Starting and Ongoing Projects; 6. Methodologies, Applications and Integrated Solutions) affrontano il tema delle ricerche sulle città antiche e il loro territorio basate sull'applicazione di metodologie innovative. Particolare attenzione è stata data ai risultati del progetto sulla città etrusca di Marzabotto, l'antica Kainua, e ai progetti che interessano i principali centri etruschi dell'Italia antica, a cui si sono dedicate due sezioni specifiche.
Book Synopsis Naked Truths by : Ann O Koloski-Ostrow
Download or read book Naked Truths written by Ann O Koloski-Ostrow and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The articles in Naked Truths demonstrate the application of feminist theory to a diverse repertory of classical art: they offer topical and controversial readings on the material culture of the ancient Mediterranean. This volume presents a timely, provocative and beautifully illustrated re-evaluation of how the issues of gender, identity and sexuality reveal 'naked truths' about fundamental human values and social realities, through the compelling symbolism of the body.
Download or read book Projecting the Past written by Maria Wyke and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-02 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brought vividly to life on screen, the myth of ancient Rome resonates through modern popular culture. Projecting the Past examines how the cinematic traditions of Hollywood and Italy have resurrected ancient Rome to address the concerns of the present. The book engages contemporary debates about the nature of the classical tradition, definitions of history, and the place of the past in historical film.
Book Synopsis The Royal Society and the Discovery of the Two Sicilies by : Manuela D’Amore
Download or read book The Royal Society and the Discovery of the Two Sicilies written by Manuela D’Amore and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-08-09 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book illuminates a lesser-known aspect of the British history of travel in the Enlightenment: that of the Royal Society’s special contribution to the “discovery” of the south of Italy in the age of the Grand Tour. By exploring primary source journal entries of philosophy and travel, the book provides evidence of how the Society helped raise the Fellows’ curiosity about the Mediterranean and encouraged travel to the region by promoting cultural events there and establishing fruitful relations with major Italian academic institutions. They were especially devoted to revealing the natural and artistic riches of the Bourbon Kingdom from 1738 to 1780, during which the Roman city of Herculaneum was discovered and Vesuvius and Etna were actively eruptive. Through these examples, the book draws attention to the role that the Royal Society played in establishing cultural networks in Italy and beyond. Tracing a complex path starting in Restoration times, this new insight into discourse on learned travel contributes to a more challenging vision of Anglo-Italian relations in the Enlightenment.
Download or read book KOINE written by Derek Counts and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2009-11-23 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford English Dictionary defines koine as 'a set of cultural or other attributes common to various groups' . This volume merges an academic career over a half century in breadth and scope with an editorial vision that brings together a chorus of scholarly contributions echoing the core principles of R. Ross Holloways own unique perspective on ancient Mediterranean studies. Through broadly conceived themes, the four individual sections of this volume (I. A View of Classical Art: Iconography in Context; II. Crossroads of the Mediterranean: Cultural Entanglements Across the Connecting Sea; III. Coins as Culture: Art and Coinage from Sicily; and IV. Discovery and Discourse, Archaeology and Interpretation) are an attempt to capture the many and varied trajectories of thought that have marked his career and serve as testimony to the significance of his research. The twenty-four papers (plus four introductory essays to the individual sections, biographical sketch and main introduction) contain recent research on subjects ranging from the Kleophrades Painter to the Black Sea, Sicilian Coinage and archaeology in modern Rome.