ANCIENT HIS 12 - Pompeii: Books

Pompeii by Heather Lehr Wagner Discusses the citizens and culture of ancient Pompeii, what happened to them, and what impact they have had on history.

Pompeii by Diane Marczely Gimpel

Pompeii by Liz Sonneborn

Pompeii by Mary Beard

Houses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum by Andrew Wallace-Hadrill Few sources reveal the life of the ancient Romans as vividly as do the houses preserved by the eruption of Vesuvius. Wealthy Romans lavished resources on shaping their surroundings to impress their crowds of visitors. The fashions they set were taken up and imitated by ordinary citizens. In this illustrated book, Andrew Wallace-Hadrill explores the rich potential of the houses of Pompeii and Herculaneum to offer new insights into Roman social life. Exposing misconceptions derived from contemporary culture, he shows the close interconnection of spheres we take as discrete: public and private, family and outsiders, work and leisure. Combining archaeological evidence with Roman texts and comparative material from other cultures, Wallace-Hadrill raises a range of new questions. How did the organization of space and the use of decoration help to structure social encounters between owner and visitor, man and woman, master and slave? What sort of "households" did the inhabitants of the Roman house form? How did the world of work relate to that of entertainment and leisure? How widely did the luxuries of the rich spread among the houses of craftsmen and shopkeepers? Through analysis of the remains of over two hundred houses, Wallace-Hadrill reveals the remarkably dynamic social environment of early imperial Italy, and the vital part that houses came to play in defining what it meant "to live as a Roman."

Pompeii by Alison E. Cooley; M. G. L. Cooley

The Last Days of Pompeii by Victoria C. The authors of this book explore Pompeii as a modern obsession, in which the Vesuvian sites function as mirrors of the present. Through cultural appropriation and projection, outstanding visual and literary artists of the last three centuries have made the ancient catastrophe their own, expressing contemporary concerns in diverse media, from paintings, prints, and sculpture, to theatrical performances, photography, and film. This volume, featuring the works of artists such as Piranesi, Fragonard, Kaufmann, Ingres, Chasseriau, and Alma-Tadema, as well as Duchamp, Dali, Rothko, Rauschenberg, and Warhol, surveys the legacy of Pompeii in the modern imagination under the three overarching rubrics of decadence, apocalypse, and resurrection.

The World of Pompeii by Pedar Foss (Editor); John J. Dobbins (Editor) Accompanying CD-ROM includes maps of the Bay of Naples, Pompeii, and Herculaneum in bitmap, pdf, tiff, and jpeg files, together with textual notes in pdf and rich text files

Pompeii by Erich Lessing; Antonio Vanne Located in the Bay of Naples at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, the city of Pompeii is testimony to one of the greatest archaeological finds of all time. After being buried for two centuries beneath blankets of volcanic ash, a wealth of antiquity has been discovered. More than 150 full-color photos of beautiful bronzes and sculptures, magnificent murals and mosaics unveil the story of a lost civilization.

Vesuvius by Gillian Daley A history of the world's most famous volcano, looming above the Bay of Naples: highlights include the eruption of 79 which buried Pompeii and that of 1944 as the Allies occupied Naples; the mythology of the ancients and the theories of early and scientific vulcanology; the visits of Goethe, Shelley and Mark Twain, and the researches of Emma Hamilton's husband.

Pompeii by Melanie Rice

The Buried Cities of Vesuvius by John Fletcher Horne

Cities of Vesuvius by Pamela Bradley Cities of Vesuvius: Pompeii and Herculaneum has been written especially for the core topic of the new NSW HSC Ancient History syllabus.

Herculaneum by Andrew Wallace-Hadrill