Shopping Cart : is empty
Home   |    The J. Paul Getty Museum / Getty Museum Studies on Art / The Getty Conservation Institute  

Herculaneum : Italy's Buried Treasure

by: Deiss, J.J.

Price: 24,00 EURO

1 copy in stock
 
Category: The J. Paul Getty Museum / Getty Museum Studies on Art / The Getty Conservation Institute
Code: 3442
ISBN-13: 9780892361649 / 978-0-89236-164-9
ISBN-10: 0892361646 / 0-89236-164-6
Publisher: The J. Paul Getty Museum
Publication Date: 1989
Publication Place: Malibu, California
Binding: Paper
Pages: 222
Book Condition: New
Comments: xv, 222 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. / Life of a Roman town --Origins and legends --Death of a Roman town --The long sleep, and resurrection --Treasure revealed : the great dig --Houses of the rich patricians --Roman luxury : the Villa of the Papyri --

Herculaneum, Italy's buried treasure

Author:Joseph Jay Deiss

Abstract:A vivid portrayal of life in Pompeii's sister city, this book includes a detailed description of the ancient Villa dei Papyri, on which the present Getty Museum in Malibu is modeled

xv, 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

 

Contents:
Life of a Roman town
Origins and legends
Death of a Roman town
The long sleep, and resurrection
Treasure revealed : the great dig
Houses of the rich patricians
Roman luxury : the Villa of the Papyri
Houses of the "poor" patricians
Story of a Roman lawsuit
Houses of the middle class
The plebs : houses and shops
The baths : everybody's club
Sports : the palaestra
The basilica : a Roman courthouse
Curtain time : the theater
Main Street and the forum area
The dead reveal their lives
Antiquity's treasure troves

Subjects:
Archeologische vondsten
Art gréco-romain Italie Herculanum (Ville ancienne)
Art, Greco-Roman
Art, Greco-Roman Italy Herculaneum (Extinct city)
Fouilles archéologiques Italie Herculanum (ville ancienne)
Herculaneum
Herculaneum (Extinct city)
Herculanum (Italie)
Herculanum (Ville ancienne)
Herculanum (ville ancienne)
Italy Herculaneum (Extinct city)

 
 
  Already viewed

Herculaneum : Italy's Buried Treasure

by: Deiss, J.J.

  • ISBN-13: 9780892361649 / 978-0-89236-164-9
  • ISBN-03: 0892361646 / 0-89236-164-6
  • The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, California, 1989

Price: 24,00 EURO

1 copy in stock
 

Ordering Infromation | Shipping Information | Terms & Conditions