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| REDISCOVERING THE ANCIENT WORLD ON THE BAY OF NAPLES 1710 1890 (HARDCOVER) |
| by MATTUSCH, CAROL C. |
Categories:
Arts
 History of Art
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ISBN: 0300189214
- ISBN 13: 9780300189216 |
| AAB Internal Code: 5939218 |
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Pubblication year: 2013
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| Arrival date: 22/11/2013 |
| Published by: Yale University Press |
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The ancient Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., drew international attention when excavations commenced in the 1730s. As a result, the nearby city of Naples became a nexus of scholarship, cultural diplomacy, and tourism. This fascinating book examines responses to the excavations by 18th- and 19th-century monarchs, statesmen, scholars, and archaeologists, as well as by artists, architects, designers, writers, and tourists. Essays by leading art historians and archaeologists chronicle the exploitation of the sites through excavation, publication, and museum display, and discuss the wider influence of the recovered objects and architectural remains on art and design in Italy, France, Germany, and Britain. Unlike other publications that focus on the archaeological artefacts and their documentation, this extensively illustrated book presents the discoveries from the standpoint of how they were understood at the time. |
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