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Pompeii and the Roman villa : art and culture around the Bay of Naples / Carol C. Mattusch.

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Pompeii and the Roman villa : art and culture around the Bay of Naples / Carol C. Mattusch.

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Pompeii and the Roman villa : art and culture around the Bay of Naples / Carol C. Mattusch.

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Full title

Pompeii and the Roman villa : art and culture around the Bay of Naples / Carol C. Mattusch.

Author / Creator

Publisher

Washington : National Gallery of Art ; London : Thames and Hudson, 2008.

Date

2008.

Call Numbers

NQ709.377/1

Record Identifier

74VM4peDPBAM

MMS ID

991001320769702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

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...

Publication information

Publisher

Washington : National Gallery of Art ; London : Thames and Hudson, 2008.

Place of Publication

District of Columbia

Date Published

2008.

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Access Conditions

State Reference Library copy: To be issued in Supervised Use Area.

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Scope and Contents

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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Full title

Pompeii and the Roman villa : art and culture around the Bay of Naples / Carol C. Mattusch.

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Notes

General note

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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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

NQ709.377/1

Record Identifier

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

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