Pompeii Public and Private Life

Name: Pompeii Public and Private Life
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ISBN: 9780674689671

ISBN-10: 0674689674

ISBN-13: 9780674689671

Edition: 1999

Authors: Paul Zanker, Deborah Lucas Schneider

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Pompeii's tragedy is our windfall: an ancient city fully preserved, its urban design and domestic styles speaking across the ages. This richly illustrated book conducts us through the captured wonders of Pompeii, evoking at every turn the life of the city as it was 2,000 years ago. When Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D. its lava preserved not only the Pompeii of that time but a palimpsest of the city's history, visible traces of the different societies of Pompeii's past. Paul Zanker, a noted authority on Roman art and architecture, disentangles these tantalizing traces to show us the urban images that marked Pompeii's development from country town to Roman imperial city. Exploring Pompeii's…

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 1/15/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 262
Size: 7.48" wide x 8.66" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.166
Language: English

Paul Zanker is Professor of Classical Archeology, University of Munich, and Director of the German Archeological Institute in Rome. He is the author of Mask of Socrates: The Image of the Intellectual in Antiquity and The Power of Images in the Age of Augustus.



Preface


Townscape and Domestic Taste


Townscapes


Domestic Taste and Cultural Self-Definition


Urban Space as a Reflection of Society


The Hellenistic City of the Oscans


The Roman Colonists' City


Townscape and Ideology in the Age of Augustus


The City's Final Years


The Domestic Arts in Pompeii


The Origins of the Roman Villa


Two Forms of Living Space


A Miniature Villa in the Town


A Courtyard with a Large Marble Fountain


A Garden as Sanctuary


A Parlor Overlooking Diana's Sacred Grove


Gardens Filled with Sculptures


Dining under the Stars


Large Pictures for Small Dreams


Domestic Taste and Cultural Identity


Abbreviations


Notes


Illustration Credits


Index