Author: Sumner Lincoln FairfieldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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The Last Night of Pompeii
Author: Sumner Lincoln FairfieldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
The Last Night of Pompeii
Author: Sumner Lincoln FairfieldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
The Last Night of Pompeii
Author: Sumner Lincoln FairfieldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Last Days of Pompeii
Author: Victoria C. Gardner CoatesPublisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 1606061151
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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Destroyed yet paradoxically preserved by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, Pompeii and other nearby sites are usually considered places where we can most directly experience the daily lives of ancient Romans. Rather than present these sites as windows to the past, however, the authors of The Last Days of Pompeii: Decadence, Apocalypse, Resurrection explore Pompeii as a modern obsession, in which the Vesuvian sites function as mirrors of the present. Through cultural appropriation and projection, outstanding visual and literary artists of the last three centuries have made the ancient catastrophe their own, expressing contemporary concerns in diverse media--from paintings, prints, and sculpture, to theatrical performances, photography, and film. This lavishly illustrated volume--featuring the works of artists such as Piranesi, Fragonard, Kaufmann, Ingres, Chass�riau, and Alma-Tadema, as well as Duchamp, Dal�, Rothko, Rauschenberg, and Warhol--surveys the legacy of Pompeii in the modern imagination under the three overarching rubrics of decadence, apocalypse, and resurrection. Decadence investigates the perception of Pompeii as a site of impending and well-deserved doom due to the excesses of the ancient Romans, such as paganism, licentiousness, greed, gluttony, and violence. The catastrophic demise of the Vesuvian sites has become inexorably linked with the understanding of antiquity, turning Pompeii into a fundamental allegory for Apocalypse, to which all subsequent disasters (natural or man-made) are related, from the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 to Hiroshima, Nagasaki, 9/11, and Hurricane Katrina. Resurrection examines how Pompeii and the Vesuvian cities have been reincarnated in modern guise through both scientific archaeology and fantasy, as each successive cultural reality superimposed its values and ideas on the distant past. An exhibition of the same name will be on view at the Getty Villa from September 12, 2012, through January 7, 2013; at the Cleveland Museum of Art from February 24 through May 19, 2013; and at the Mus�e national des beaux-arts du Qu�bec from June 13 through November 8, 2013.
The Last Days of Pompeii
Author: Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron LyttonPublisher:
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Category : Pompeii (Extinct city)
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Historisk roman om livet i Pompeii i de sidste dage før ødelæggelsen år 79 f. Kr.
The Last Night of Pompeii
Author: The Last Night of Pompeii
Author: Sumner Lincoln FairfieldPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages :
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The Last Night of Pompeii; A Poem
Author: Sumner Lincoln 1803-1844 FairfieldPublisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781355550495
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 314
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The Last Days of PompeII
Author: Edward Bulwer LyttonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 594
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The Last Days of Pompeii
Author: Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron LyttonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Historical fiction, English
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description