Herculaneum
Subtitle: art of a buried city
By: [by] Maria Paola Guidobaldi, Domenico Esposito
Edition: First English language edition
Publisher: Abbeville Press Publishers; Abbeville Press
Published: December 3, 2013
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Translated from: ita
Translation of: Ercolano: colori da una città sepolta
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780789211460
Copyright date: 2012, 2013
Other titles: Ercolano: colori da una città sepolta
Description: "A survey of the art and architecture of Herculaneum, focusing on 25 of the site's most notable structures. Ordered chronologically. Illustrated throughout with color photographs and plans"--
Notes: First published in Italy in 2012 by Arsenale Editore Srl, Verona.
In collaboration with the Soprintendenza speciale per i beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei.
Table of contents: title: Introduction
pagenum: 7; title: The Destruction of the Ancient City
pagenum: 13; title: The History of the Excavations
pagenum: 21; title: The Theater
pagenum: 31; title: The Basilica Noniana
pagenum: 35; title: The Urban Fabric
pagenum: 41; title: Living in Herculaneum
pagenum: 61; title: Herculaneum in the Hellenistic Age
pagenum: 77; title: The Samnite House
pagenum: 81; title: Second Style Painting
pagenum: 85; title: The Villa of the Papyri
pagenum: 89; title: The House of the Inn
pagenum: 119; title: The Villa of the Royal Stables at Portici
pagenum: 123; title: Three Fragments in the Second Style
pagenum: 127; title: Third Style Painting
pagenum: 133; title: The House of the Bronze Herm
pagenum: 143; title: The House of the Dionysian Reliefs
pagenum: 151; title: The House of the Carbonized Furniture
pagenum: 157; title: Wooden Furniture from Herculaneum
pagenum: 163; title: The House of the Beautiful Courtyard
pagenum: 171; title: The Great Taberna (Insula IV, 12-13, 15-16)
pagenum: 179; title: A Bakery (Insula Orientalis II, 1-2)
pagenum: 183; title: The House of the Tuscan Colonnade
pagenum: 191; title: The House of the Grand Portal
pagenum: 205; title: The House of the Wooden Screen
pagenum: 217; title: Fourth Style Painting
pagenum: 227; title: The House of the Black Salon
pagenum: 237; title: The House of the Bicententary
pagenum: 247; title: The House of the Two Atria
pagenum: 255; title: The House of the Stags
pagenum: 259; title: The House of Neptune and Amphitrite
pagenum: 283; title: The House of the Skeleton
pagenum: 287; title: The House of the Mosaic Atrium
pagenum: 293; title: The House of the Telephus Relief
pagenum: 303; title: The College of the Augustales
pagenum: 323; title: The Augusteum
pagenum: 327; title: Chronology
pagenum: 348; title: Selected Bibliography
pagenum: 349; title: Index of Proper Names
pagenum: 350; title: Illustration Credits
pagenum: 352