Buried by Vesuvius : the Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum / edited by Kenneth Lapatin ; with contribu...
Buried by Vesuvius : the Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum / edited by Kenneth Lapatin ; with contribu...
Buried by Vesuvius : the Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum / edited by Kenneth Lapatin ; with contributions by Ruth Allen [and 20 others].
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Full title
Publisher
Los Angeles : The J. Paul Getty Museum, [2019]
Call Numbers
GQ 2019/0838
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MMS ID
Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
ix, 265 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, color plans ; 29 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The Villa dei Papiri in Context -- Introduction / Kenneth Lapatin -- Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus: A Philosophical Statesman of the Late Roman Republic / Jeffrey Fish -- The Eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79 / Aldo Cinque and Giolinda Irollo -- Rediscovery in the Eighteenth Century -- The Bourbon-E...
Publication information
Publisher
Los Angeles : The J. Paul Getty Museum, [2019]
Analytical title
Buried by Vesuvius, treasures from the Villa dei Papiri.
Place of Publication
California
Date Published
[2019]
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
The Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum, the model for the Getty Villa in Malibu, is one of the world's earliest systematically investigated archaeological sites. Buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE, the Villa dei Papiri was discovered in 1750 and excavated under the auspices of the Neapolitan court. Never fully unearthed, the site yielde...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Buried by Vesuvius : the Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum / edited by Kenneth Lapatin ; with contributions by Ruth Allen [and 20 others].
Variant title
Buried by Vesuvius, treasures from the Villa dei Papiri.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes
General note
Issued on the occasion of the exhibition "Buried by Vesuvius: Treasures from the Villa dei Papiri" held at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa, Malibu, June 26-October 28, 2019.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Date Copyright
©2019
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Call Numbers
GQ 2019/0838
Record Identifier
74VKa2RgVX7O
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKa2RgVX7O
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ISBN
1606065920 hardcover
9781606065921 hardcover
DDC
937.72564
MMS ID
991024275711202626
