Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Lapatin, Kenneth D. S.
2. Allen, Ruth, 1987-
3. J. Paul Getty Museum, host institution.

Description

1. ix, 265 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, color plans; 29 cm

Summary

1. The Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum, the model for the Getty Villa in Malibu, is one of the world's earliest systematically investigated archaeological sites. Buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE, the Villa dei Papiri was discovered in 1750 and excavated under the auspices of the Neapolitan court. Never fully unearthed, the site yielded spectacular colored marble floors and mosaics, frescoed walls, the largest known ancient collection of bronze and marble statuary, intricately carved ivories, and antiquity's only surviving library, with more than a thousand charred papyrus scrolls. For more than two and a half centuries, the Villa dei Papiri and its contents have served as a wellspring of knowledge for archaeological science, art history, classics, papyrology, and philosophy. Buried by Vesuvius offers a sweeping yet in-depth view of all aspects of the site. Presenting the latest research, the essays in this authoritative and richly illustrated volume reveal the story of the Villa dei Papiri's ancient inhabitants and modern explorers, providing readers with a multidimensional understanding of this fascinating site." -- Publisher's description

Alternative title

1. Buried by Vesuvius, treasures from the Villa dei Papiri.

Subject

1. Villa of the Papyri (Herculaneum) > Exhibitions
2. Villa of the Papyri (Herculaneum)
3. Excavations (Archaeology) > Italy > Herculaneum (Extinct city) > Exhibitions
4. Bronze sculpture, Roman > Italy > Herculaneum (Extinct city) > Exhibitions
5. Marble sculpture, Roman > Italy > Herculaneum (Extinct city) > Exhibitions
6. Mural painting and decoration, Roman > Italy > Herculaneum (Extinct city) > Exhibitions
7. Bronze sculpture, Roman
8. Excavations (Archaeology)
9. Marble sculpture, Roman
10. Mural painting and decoration, Roman
11. Italy > Herculaneum (Extinct city)

Genre/Form

1. Exhibition catalogs.

Contents

1. The Villa dei Papiri in Context -- Introduction / Kenneth Lapatin -- Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus: A Philosophical Statesman of the Late Roman Republic / Jeffrey Fish -- The Eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79 / Aldo Cinque and Giolinda Irollo -- Rediscovery in the Eighteenth Century -- The Bourbon-Era Excavations of the Villa dei Papiri / Christopher Parslow -- Restoring the Finds / Luigia Melillo and Carol C. Mattusch -- Early Attempts to Open and Read the Papyri: 1750s-1990s / Sofia Maresca -- Printing Antiquities: Herculaneum and the Cultural Politics of the Two Sicilies (1738-59) / Pablo Vázquez-Gestal -- The Villa and Its Contents -- The Grandeur That Was the Villa dei Papiri / Mantha Zarmakoupi -- The Floors of the Villa dei Papiri / Valerio Papaccio -- The Paintings of the Villa dei Papiri / Domenico Esposito -- Sculpture: Statues, Busts, and Other Villa Furnishings of Bronze and of Marble / Christopher H. Hallett -- The Ancient Texts / David Sider -- Recent Approaches -- Recent Excavations in the Villa dei Papiri: 1990s-2008 / Domenico Camardo -- The Ivory Tripods / Maria Paola Guidobaldi -- Technology and the Quest to Unlock the Secrets of the Herculaneum Scrolls / W. Brent Seales and Christy Chapman, with Vito Mocella -- Looking to the Future, Starting from the Past / Francesco Sirano.

Call number

1. JFF 19-2398

Note

1. Issued on the occasion of the exhibition "Buried by Vesuvius: Treasures from the Villa dei Papiri" held at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa, Malibu, June 26-October 28, 2019.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-253) and index.

Title

1. Buried by Vesuvius : the Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum / edited by Kenneth Lapatin ; with contributions by Ruth Allen [and 20 others].

Publisher

1. Los Angeles : The J. Paul Getty Museum, [2019]

Copyright date

1. ©2019

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-253) and index.

Added author

1. Lapatin, Kenneth D. S., editor.
2. Allen, Ruth, 1987- contributor.
3. J. Paul Getty Museum, host institution.

Added title

1. Buried by Vesuvius, treasures from the Villa dei Papiri.

LCCN

1. 2018058314

Other standard identifier

1. 40029314882

ISBN

1. 9781606065921 hardcover
2. 1606065920 hardcover

Research call number

1. JFF 19-2398