Resurrecting Pompeii
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Resurrecting Pompeii
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Author : Estelle Lazer
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2009-09-10
Resurrecting Pompeii written by Estelle Lazer and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-10 with History categories.
Recognizing the important contribution of the human skeletal evidence to the archaeology of Pompeii, Lazer presents an in-depth study of the people of pompeii, and gives students an essential resource in the study of this fascinating historical event.
Pompeii S Ashes
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Author : Eric Moormann
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2015-03-10
Pompeii S Ashes written by Eric Moormann and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-10 with History categories.
Although there are many works dealing with Pompeii and Herculaneum, none of them try to encompass the entire spectrum of material related to its reception in popular imagination. Pompeii’s Ashes surveys a broad variety of such works, ranging from travelogues between ca. 1740 and 2010 to 250 years of fiction, including stage works, music, and films. The first two chapters provide an in-depth analysis of the excavation history and an overview of the reflections of travelers. The six remaining chapters discuss several clearly-defined genres: historical novels with pagan tendencies, and those with Christians and Jews as protagonists, contemporary adventures, time traveling, mock manuscripts, and works dedicated to Vesuvius. “Pompeii’s Ashes” demonstrates how the eternal fascination with the oldest still-running archaeological projects in the world began, developed, and continue until now.
Pompeii S Living Statues
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Author : Eugene J. Dwyer
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2010
Pompeii S Living Statues written by Eugene J. Dwyer and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Archaeology and history categories.
An intriguing look at contemporary views regarding the casts of victims from Mt. Vesuvius' eruption
Volcanic
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Author : John Brewer
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2023-01-01
Volcanic written by John Brewer and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-01 with History categories.
A vibrant, diverse history of Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples in the age of Romanticism "Momentous and spellbinding."--Caroline Eden, Financial Times "Endlessly fascinating."--Pratinav Anil, Times (UK) Vesuvius is best known for its disastrous eruption of 79CE. But only after 1738, in the age of Enlightenment, did the excavations of Herculaneum and Pompeii reveal its full extent. In an era of groundbreaking scientific endeavour and violent revolution, Vesuvius became a focal point of strong emotions and political aspirations, an object of geological enquiry, and a powerful symbol of the Romantic obsession with nature. John Brewer charts the changing seismic and social dynamics of the mountain, and the meanings attached by travellers to their sublime confrontation with nature. The pyrotechnics of revolution and global warfare made volcanic activity the perfect political metaphor, fuelling revolutionary enthusiasm and conservative trepidation. From Swiss mercenaries to English entrepreneurs, French geologists to local Neapolitan guides, German painters to Scottish doctors, Vesuvius bubbled and seethed not just with lava, but with people whose passions, interests, and aims were as disparate as their origins.
A Companion To The Flavian Age Of Imperial Rome
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Author : Andrew Zissos
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2016-03-07
A Companion To The Flavian Age Of Imperial Rome written by Andrew Zissos and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-07 with Literary Criticism categories.
A Companion to the Flavian Age of Imperial Rome provides a systematic and comprehensive examination of the political, economic, social, and cultural nuances of the Flavian Age (69–96 CE). Includes contributions from over two dozen Classical Studies scholars organized into six thematic sections Illustrates how economic, social, and cultural forces interacted to create a variety of social worlds within a composite Roman empire Concludes with a series of appendices that provide detailed chronological and demographic information and an extensive glossary of terms Examines the Flavian Age more broadly and inclusively than ever before incorporating coverage of often neglected groups, such as women and non-Romans within the Empire
Domesticating Empire
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Author : Caitlín Eilís Barrett
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2019-03-29
Domesticating Empire written by Caitlín Eilís Barrett and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-29 with Art categories.
Domesticating Empire is the first contextually-oriented monograph on Egyptian imagery in Roman households. Caitlín Barrett draws on case studies from Flavian Pompeii to investigate the close association between representations of Egypt and a particular type of Roman household space: the domestic garden. Through paintings and mosaics portraying the Nile, canals that turned the garden itself into a miniature "Nilescape," and statuary depicting Egyptian themes, many gardens in Pompeii offered ancient visitors evocations of a Roman vision of Egypt. Simultaneously faraway and familiar, these imagined landscapes made the unfathomable breadth of empire compatible with the familiarity of home. In contrast to older interpretations that connect Roman "Aegyptiaca" to the worship of Egyptian gods or the problematic concept of "Egyptomania," a contextual analysis of these garden assemblages suggests new possibilities for meaning. In Pompeian houses, Egyptian and Egyptian-looking objects and images interacted with their settings to construct complex entanglements of "foreign" and "familiar," "self" and "other." Representations of Egyptian landscapes in domestic gardens enabled individuals to present themselves as sophisticated citizens of empire. Yet at the same time, household material culture also exerted an agency of its own: domesticizing, familiarizing, and "Romanizing" once-foreign images and objects. That which was once imagined as alien and potentially dangerous was now part of the domus itself, increasingly incorporated into cultural constructions of what it meant to be "Roman." Featuring brilliant illustrations in both color and black and white, Domesticating Empire reveals the importance of material culture in transforming household space into a microcosm of empire.
Forensics Fossils And Fruitbats
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Author : Stephen Luntz
language : en
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Release Date : 2011
Forensics Fossils And Fruitbats written by Stephen Luntz and has been published by CSIRO PUBLISHING this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Forensics, Fossils and Fruitbatsis a fascinating collection of more than 70 profiles of Australian scientists from 15 fields of physical, biological and medical science. These scientists have been selected because their research is inspiring, intriguing or simply quirky, or because they have taken an unusual or interesting path to the work they do. Profiles include: * A forensic archaeologist whose work has taken her from Antarctica to Pompeii * A palaeontologist who revolutionized understanding of Australia's dinosaurs * A computer scientist teaching computers to understand jokes * The engineer behind technologies that could bring clear sight to a billion people and clean energy to billions more. For anyone considering a career in science, Forensics, Fossils and Fruitbatsprovides insight into the challenges and triumphs of being a scientist. For everyone else, it is a rare peek into the reality of how science is done.
A Cloud Of Unusual Size And Shape
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Author : Matt Donovan
language : en
Publisher: Trinity University Press
Release Date : 2016-03-21
A Cloud Of Unusual Size And Shape written by Matt Donovan and has been published by Trinity University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-21 with Literary Collections categories.
The title cloud of Matt Donovan’s A Cloud of Unusual Size and Shape refers to the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius that in 79 AD buried the city of Pompeii under twenty feet of ash. It’s no surprise, then, that Donovan found the sacred ruins a site of inspiration and power, using their legacy to form the beginning of this extraordinary nonfiction debut. Donovan pursues the image of the cloud throughout these 15 spell-binding essays on ruin and redemption. A Cloud of Unusual Size and Shape is about the flawless connections between antiquity and the present, personal experience to historical events, architecture to art installation to literature. The redemptive power of beauty hovers over this spectacular work, reminding us that darkness and light make an inextricable pattern over our lives and form the delicate balance of what ultimately makes life worthwhile, what gives meaning to the sorrow and joy of being human.
Long Lost Civilizations
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Author : Joyce Goldenstern
language : en
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
Release Date : 2018-12-15
Long Lost Civilizations written by Joyce Goldenstern and has been published by Enslow Publishing, LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-15 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Bonampak, Harappa, Machu Picchu, these and other sites were truly "long lost" to the modern world. Then, using scientific tools, archaeologists revised and revitalized the stories of these "lost" civilizations. Through colorful images and fascinating facts presented in engaging text and informative sidebars, students will learn how scientists rediscovered and scientifically dated murals, sculptures, and artifacts covered with grime or buried under ashes and stones. Chapter notes and a Further Reading section with current books and websites provide additional resources for deeper exploration.