Pompeii and the Roman villa : art and culture around the Bay of Naples / Carol C. Mattusch.
Pompeii and the Roman villa : art and culture around the Bay of Naples / Carol C. Mattusch.
Pompeii and the Roman villa : art and culture around the Bay of Naples / Carol C. Mattusch.
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Washington : National Gallery of Art ; London : Thames and Hudson, 2008.
Date
2008.
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NQ709.377/1
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English
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Physical content
xvi, 365 p. : col. ill., maps ; 25 x 31 cm.
Contents
Introduction / Carol C. Mattusch -- The Roman Villa on the Bay of Naples and Its Influence on Urban Domestic Architecture / Stefano De Caro -- Luxus / Kenneth Lapatin -- Staging the Supernatural: Interior Gardens of Pompeian Houses / Bellina Bergmann -- Art Collections on the Bay of Naples / Mary Be...
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Publisher
Washington : National Gallery of Art ; London : Thames and Hudson, 2008.
Place of Publication
District of Columbia
Date Published
2008.
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State Reference Library copy: To be issued in Supervised Use Area.
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Summary
"Julius Caesar, Caligula, Claudius and Nero all built seaside villas in Baiae; the emperor Augustus holidayed in Surrentum, Capreae and Pausilypon, and Tiberius retired to Capreae. The richly decorated imperial villas set high artistic standards in the region, and the sculptors and painters whom the emperors employed found clients among the urban a...
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Pompeii and the Roman villa : art and culture around the Bay of Naples / Carol C. Mattusch.
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Catalog of an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Oct. 19, 2008-Mar. 22, 2009; and at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art , May 3-Oct. 4, 2009.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-351) and index.
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NQ709.377/1
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74VM4peDPBAM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM4peDPBAM
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ISBN
0500514364
9780894683534 (alk. paper)
0894683535 (alk. paper)
9780500514368
DDC
709.377
MMS ID
991001320769702626
