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Pompeii - Art, Industry and Infrastructure (Paperback, New)
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Pompeii - Art, Industry and Infrastructure (Paperback, New)
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Even after more than 250 years since its discovery, Pompeii
continues to resonate powerfully in both academic discourse and the
popular imagination. This volume brings together a collection of
ten papers that advance, challenge and revise the present
conceptions of the city's art, industry and infrastructure. The
discussions of domestic art in this book, a perennial topic for
Pompeian scholars, engage previously neglected subjects such as
wall ornaments in domestic decoration, the sculpture collection in
the house of Octavius Quartio, and the role of the covered walkways
in luxury villa architecture. The famous cupid's frieze from the
house of the Vettii is given a novel and intelligent
reinterpretation. The place of industry at Pompeii, in both the
physical and economic landscapes has long been overlooked. The
chapters on building practice in inhabited houses, on the presence
of fulling workshops in atrium houses, and on the urban pottery
industry serve as successful contributions to a more complete
understanding of the life of the ancient city. Finally, this volume
breaks new ground in the consideration of the urban infrastructure
of Pompeii, a topic that has won serious attention only in the last
decades, but one that is playing an increasingly central role in
Pompeian studies. The final three chapters offer a reassessment of
the Pompeian street network, a scientific analysis of the amount of
lead in Pompeian drinking water, and a thorough analysis of the
water infrastructure around the forum that supported its
architectural transformation in the last decades before the
eruption of mount Vesuvius in AD 79.
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