The Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii : ancient ritual, modern muse; [ ... an exhibition organized by and exhibited at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology and the University of Michigan Museum of Art, October 1- November 19, 2000]

by: Gazda, E.K.

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The Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii : ancient ritual, modern muse

Authors:Elaine K. Gazda (Editor), Catherine Hammer (Editor), Brenda Longfellow (Editor), Molly Swetnam-Burland (Editor)

Summary:This is a catalogue of an exhibition by the Kelsey Museum at the University of Michigan which focused on a cycle of frescoes found in 1990 at the well-known villa on the outskirts of ancient Pompeii. Probably painted around 60 BC, the cycle depicts young women probably being initiated into the cult of Bacchus (Dionysus) in preparation for marriage. The catalogue presents a number of objects connected with the villa, as well as the reconstruction watercolours commissioned by Francis Willey Kelsey, founder of the museum, from Maria Barosso, an artist working in Rome at the time of the frescoes' discovery. Even more interesting are the ten essays that precede the artefacts, which focus on `women and cult in the art of Roman Italy' and have been developed out of a research group led by Gazda

xiii, 262 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 28 cm

Subjects:
Buildings
Femmes et religion Rome
Fresques de la villa des Mystères
Italy Pompeii (Extinct city)
Mural painting and decoration
Mural painting and decoration Italy Pompeii (Extinct city)
Muurschilderingen
Mysteries, Religious
Mystères religieux
Pompeii (Extinct city) Buildings, structures, etc
Pompéi (Ville ancienne) Constructions
Pompéi (ville ancienne) Villa dei misteri
Rome (Empire)
Villa dei Misteri
Villa des Mystères (Pompéi)
Villa of the Mysteries (Pompeii)
Villa of the Mysteries frescoes (Mural painting)
Women and religion
Women and religion Rome
v Exhibition catalogs

Published on the occasion of The Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii: Ancient Ritual, Modern Muse, an exhibition organized by and exhibited at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology and The University of Michigan Museum of Art, October 1 - November 19, 2000

The Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii : ancient ritual, modern muse; [ ... an exhibition organized by and exhibited at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology and the University of Michigan Museum of Art, October 1- November 19, 2000]

by: Gazda, E.K.

• ISBN-13: 9781930561021 / 978-1-930561-02-1
• ISBN-03: 1930561024 / 1-930561-02-4
• The Kelsey Museum of Archaeology and The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, 2000

Price: 56,00 EURO

1 copy in stock