Pompeii, Its Life and Art (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Archaeology, Architecture, Wall Painting, and Daily Life in the Buried Roman CityBy August Mau
Length17h 36m
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August Mau's Pompeii, Its Life and Art is a classic archaeological portrait of the buried Vesuvian city, combining topographical description, architectural analysis, and social reconstruction. Moving through streets, houses, temples, baths, theatres, shops, and tombs, Mau shows Pompeii not as a picturesque ruin but as an intelligible urban organism. His prose is measured, empirical, and richly visual, shaped by the late nineteenth-century confidence that material remains could recover ancient life. Especially important is his treatment of domestic decoration and wall painting, placed within the developing scholarly context of classical archaeology. Mau was a German classical archaeologist closely associated with the German Archaeological Institute in Rome and with the systematic study of Pompeii. His enduring contribution was the classification of Pompeian wall painting into four styles, a framework still foundational, even when revised. Years of direct observation among the ruins enabled him to write with unusual authority, joining philological discipline to archaeological experience. This book is recommended to readers seeking a learned yet accessible entrance into Pompeii's civic, domestic, and artistic world. Historians, classicists, art historians, and serious travelers will find in Mau both a guide to the site and a landmark in the history of archaeological interpretation.
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- A succinct Introduction situates the work's timeless appeal and themes.
- The Synopsis outlines the central plot, highlighting key developments without spoiling critical twists.
- A detailed Historical Context immerses you in the era's events and influences that shaped the writing.
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GenreHistory
Length17 hrs 36 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 25, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Pompeii, Its Life and Art (Annotated)
26CHAPTER XIX THE TEMPLE OF FORTUNA AUGUSTA
2Introduction
27CHAPTER XX GENERAL VIEW OF THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS NEAR THE STABIAN GATE—THE FORUM TRIANGULARE AND THE DORIC TEMPLE
3Synopsis
28CHAPTER XXI THE LARGE THEATRE
4Historical Context
29CHAPTER XXII THE SMALL THEATRE
5ILLUSTRATIONS
30CHAPTER XXIII THE THEATRE COLONNADE, USED AS BARRACKS FOR GLADIATORS
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6INTRODUCTION
31CHAPTER XXIV THE PALAESTRA
7CHAPTER I THE SITUATION OF POMPEII
32CHAPTER XXV THE TEMPLE OF ISIS
8CHAPTER II BEFORE 79
33CHAPTER XXVI THE TEMPLE OF ZEUS MILICHIUS
9CHAPTER III THE CITY OVERWHELMED
34CHAPTER XXVII THE BATHS AT POMPEII.—THE STABIAN BATHS
10CHAPTER IV THE UNEARTHING OF THE CITY
35CHAPTER XXVIII THE BATHS NEAR THE FORUM
11CHAPTER V A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW
36CHAPTER XXIX THE CENTRAL BATHS
12CHAPTER VI BUILDING MATERIALS, CONSTRUCTION, AND ARCHITECTURAL PERIODS
37CHAPTER XXX THE AMPHITHEATRE
13PART I PUBLIC PLACES AND BUILDINGS
38CHAPTER XXXI STREETS, WATER SYSTEM, AND WAYSIDE SHRINES
14CHAPTER VII THE FORUM
39CHAPTER XXXII THE DEFENCES OF THE CITY
15CHAPTER VIII GENERAL VIEW OF THE BUILDINGS ABOUT THE FORUM—THE TEMPLE OF JUPITER
40PART II THE HOUSES
16CHAPTER IX THE BASILICA
41CHAPTER XXXIII THE POMPEIAN HOUSE
17CHAPTER X THE TEMPLE OF APOLLO
42CHAPTER XXXIV THE HOUSE OF THE SURGEON
18CHAPTER XI THE BUILDINGS AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE FORUM, AND THE TABLE OF STANDARD MEASURES
43CHAPTER XXXV THE HOUSE OF SALLUST
19CHAPTER XII THE MACELLUM
44CHAPTER XXXVI THE HOUSE OF THE FAUN
20CHAPTER XIII THE SANCTUARY OF THE CITY LARES
45CHAPTER 310VII A HOUSE NEAR THE PORTA MARINA
21CHAPTER XIV THE TEMPLE OF VESPASIAN
46CHAPTER XXXVIII THE HOUSE OF THE SILVER WEDDING
22CHAPTER XV THE BUILDING OF EUMACHIA
47CHAPTER XXXIX THE HOUSE OF EPIDIUS RUFUS
23CHAPTER XVI THE COMITIUM
48CHAPTER XL THE HOUSE OF THE TRAGIC POET
24CHAPTER XVII THE MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS
49CHAPTER XLI THE HOUSE OF THE VETTII
25CHAPTER XVIII THE TEMPLE OF VENUS POMPEIANA
50CHAPTER XLII THREE HOUSES OF UNUSUAL PLAN
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