Watching Vesuvius
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Watching Vesuvius
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Author : Sean Cocco
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2013
Watching Vesuvius written by Sean Cocco and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with History categories.
This work explores the question of Vesuvius as an object of study in the early modern science of volcanism from the investigations and opinions of humanists and naturalists in the late Renaissance to the early 18th-century philosophizing on volcanoes and the development of geology later in the century.
Vesuvius
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Author : Gillian Darley
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2015-05-04
Vesuvius written by Gillian Darley and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-04 with History categories.
Volcanoes around the world have their own legends, and many have wrought terrible devastation, but none has caught the imagination like Vesuvius. We now know that immense eruptions destroyed Bronze Age settlements around Vesuvius, but the Romans knew nothing of those disasters and were lulled into complacencyÑmuch as we are todayÑby its long period of inactivity. None of the nearly thirty eruptions since AD 79 has matched the infamous cataclysm that destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum within hours. Nearly two thousand years later, the allure of the volcano remainsÑas evidenced by its popularity as a tourist attraction, from Shelley and the Romantics to modern-day visitors. Vesuvius has loomed large throughout history, both feared and celebrated. Gillian Darley unveils the human responses to Vesuvius from a cast of characters as far-flung as Pliny the Younger and Andy Warhol, revealing shifts over time. This cultural and scientific meditation on a powerful natural wonder touches on pagan religious beliefs, vulcanology, and travel writing. Sifting through the ashes of Vesuvius, Darley exposes how changes in our relationship to the volcano mirror changes in our understanding of our cultural and natural environments.
Seeing Naples
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Author : Daniel Rothbart
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Seeing Naples written by Daniel Rothbart and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Naples (Italy) categories.
Vesuvius A D 79
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Author : Ernesto De Carolis
language : en
Publisher: Getty Publications
Release Date : 2003
Vesuvius A D 79 written by Ernesto De Carolis and has been published by Getty Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
This fascinating account of the destruction of Pompeii & Herculaneum begins with details of the preceding seismic activity & includes the eyewitness account of Pliny the Younger, whose eminent uncle died while helping victims escape the destruction.
Visions Of Vesuvius
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Author : Alexandra R. Murphy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
Visions Of Vesuvius written by Alexandra R. Murphy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Painting, European categories.
From Pompeii
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Author : Ingrid D. Rowland
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2014-03-24
From Pompeii written by Ingrid D. Rowland and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-24 with History categories.
The calamity that proved lethal for Pompeii inhabitants preserved the city for centuries, leaving behind a snapshot of Roman daily life that has captured the imagination of generations, including Renoir, Freud, Hirohito, Mozart, Dickens, Twain, Rossellini, and Ingrid Bergman. Interwoven is the thread of Ingrid Rowland's own impressions of Pompeii.
Serial Forms
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Author : Clare Pettitt
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2020-06-04
Serial Forms written by Clare Pettitt and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-04 with Literary Criticism categories.
Serial Forms: The Unfinished Project of Modernity, 1815-1848 proposes an entirely new way of reading the transition into the modern. It is the first book in a series of three which will take the reader up to the end of the First World War, moving from a focus on London to a global perspective. Serial Forms sets out the theoretical and historical basis for all three volumes. It suggests that, as a serial news culture and a stadial historicism developed together between 1815 and 1848, seriality became the dominant form of the nineteenth century. Through serial newsprint, illustrations, performances, and shows, the past and the contemporary moment enter into public visibility together. Serial Forms argues that it is through seriality that the social is represented as increasingly politically urgent. The insistent rhythm of the serial reorganizes time, recalibrates and rescales the social, and will prepare the way for the 1848 revolutions which are the subject of the next book. By placing their work back into the messy print and performance culture from which it originally appeared, Serial Forms is able to produce new and exciting readings of familiar authors such as Scott, Byron, Dickens, and Gaskell. Rather than offering a rarefied intellectual history or chopping up the period into 'Romantic' and 'Victorian', Clare Pettitt tracks the development of communications technologies and their impact on the ways in which time, history and virtuality are imagined.
The Eruption Of Vesuvius
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Author : 50 minutes
language : en
Publisher: 50Minutes.com
Release Date : 2016-04-26
The Eruption Of Vesuvius written by 50 minutes and has been published by 50Minutes.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-26 with History categories.
Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the eruption of Vesuvius in next to no time with this concise guide. 50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the eruption of Vesuvius. In the year 79, Pompeii was a lively resort town located on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius. Little did its residents know, the city was about to be struck by a natural disaster that would erase the city from the map forever. Remembered as one of the most terrible disasters of all time, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius took the lives of nearly all Pompeii’s inhabitants and the city itself, covered in a thick layer of ash that would preserve these remains of ancient life for centuries to come. In just 50 minutes you will: • Understand the historical and cultural context of the time before the eruption struck • Learn more about the people who witnessed the disaster and how they described the terrible event • Analyse the lasting impact the volcano’s eruption had on Pompeii and the surrounding region ABOUT 50MINUTES.COM | History & Culture 50MINUTES.COM will enable you to quickly understand the main events, people, conflicts and discoveries from world history that have shaped the world we live in today. Our publications present the key information on a wide variety of topics in a quick and accessible way that is guaranteed to save you time on your journey of discovery.
Visualizing The Past In Italian Renaissance Art
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Author : Jennifer Cochran Anderson
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2021-03-22
Visualizing The Past In Italian Renaissance Art written by Jennifer Cochran Anderson and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-22 with Art categories.
A team of specialists addresses a foundational concept as central to early modern thinking as to our own: that the past is always an important part of the present.
The Science Of Naples
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Author : Lorenza Gianfrancesco
language : en
Publisher: UCL Press
Release Date : 2024-06-24
The Science Of Naples written by Lorenza Gianfrancesco and has been published by UCL Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-06-24 with History categories.
Long neglected in the history of Renaissance and early modern Europe, in recent years scholars have revised received understanding of the political and economic significance of the city of Naples and its rich artistic, musical and political culture. Its importance in the history of science, however, has remained relatively unknown. The Science of Naples provides the first dedicated study of Neapolitan scientific culture in the English language. Drawing on contributions from leading experts in the field, this volume presents a series of studies that demonstrate Neapolitans’ manifold contributions to European scientific culture in the early modern period and considers the importance of the city, its institutions and surrounding territories for the production of new knowledge. Individual chapters demonstrate the extent to which Neapolitan scholars and academies contributed to debates within the Republic of Letters that continued until deep into the nineteenth century. They also show how studies of Neapolitan natural disasters yielded unique insights that contributed to the development of fields such as medicine and earth sciences. Taken together, these studies resituate the city of Naples as an integral part of an increasingly globalised scientific culture, and present a rich and engaging portrait of the individuals who lived, worked and made scientific knowledge there.