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The Last Days of Pompeii. Decadence, Apocalypse, Resurrection.
Victoria Gardner Coates
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Description for The Last Days of Pompeii. Decadence, Apocalypse, Resurrection.
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. This book explores Pompeii as a modern obsession, in which the Vesuvian sites function as mirrors of the present. Num Pages: 256 pages, 150 full-colour & 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 249 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1714.
It is a fascinating survey of the modern obsession with the destruction of Pompeii as seen through the eyes or artists. 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 "The Last Days of Pompeii" explores 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 ... Read more
It is a fascinating survey of the modern obsession with the destruction of Pompeii as seen through the eyes or artists. 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 "The Last Days of Pompeii" explores 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Los Angeles, United States
ISBN
9781606061152
SKU
V9781606061152
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Ref
99-14
About Victoria Gardner Coates
Victoria C. Gardner Coates received her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania where she has been a lecturer and visiting scholar. Kenneth Lapatin is associate curator of antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum. Jon L. Seydl is the Paul J. and Edith Ingalls Vignos, Jr. Curator of European Painting and Sculpture, 1500-1800, at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Reviews for The Last Days of Pompeii. Decadence, Apocalypse, Resurrection.
"[This volume] explores the obsession that visual artists over the past three centuries have had with the ruined city."
Easy Reader "Sumptuously illustrated in combination with topical essays, this volume shows how artists and scholars responded to the town's reemergence from the dead."
Choice "This brilliantly illustrated text presents images from the modern memory of Pompeii that focus on its decadence, its ... Read more
Easy Reader "Sumptuously illustrated in combination with topical essays, this volume shows how artists and scholars responded to the town's reemergence from the dead."
Choice "This brilliantly illustrated text presents images from the modern memory of Pompeii that focus on its decadence, its ... Read more