Pompeiana : The Topography, Edifices and Ornaments of Pompeii, the Result of Excavations Since 1819

Name: Pompeiana
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781108012546
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ISBN: 9781108012546

by William Gell

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Pompeiana 2 Volume Paperback Set

ISBN-10 110801254X

ISBN-13 9781108012546

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Sep 30th, 2010

Print length 312 Pages

Weight 410 grams

Dimensions 13.90 x 21.60 x 2.30 cms

Product Classification: History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE History of art Classical Greek & Roman archaeology Archaeology by period / region

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In this new, two-volume edition of Pompeiana published in 1832, British archaeologist Sir William Gell presents and preserves the most recent findings of the excavations at Pompeii in text and illustration. The first volume focuses on sites such as the city baths, the forum, and the 'temple of Fortune'.

Sir William Gell (1777–1836) was a British archaeologist well known for his drawings of sites and objects of classical interest. Gell published this new, two-volume edition of his Pompeiana in 1832, in an effort to describe the latest archaeological discoveries in the Roman city destroyed by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. Concerned 'that time will incalculably diminish the freshness of those objects … stripped of their external coats by the rains of winter or the burning suns of summer', he made it his task to describe what he had seen both through description and through his own numerous illustrations. In this first volume, Gell focuses on sites including the forum, baths, and the temple of Fortune. Pompeiana reveals both the history of the excavations, the individual finds, and the processes of field archaeology itself during a more romantic age.

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