From Pompeii - Ingrid Rowland

From Pompeii
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Autor: Ingrid Rowland

 Wydawnictwo: Chicago University Press
ISBN: 9780674047938
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Oprawa: twarda
Stron: 328
Data wydania: 2014-03-01
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When Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, the force of the explosion blew the top right off the mountain, burying nearby Pompeii in a shower of volcanic ash. Ironically, the calamity that proved so lethal for Pompeii's inhabitants preserved the city for centuries, leaving behind a snapshot of Roman daily life that has captured the imagination of generations. The experience of Pompeii always reflects a particular time and sensibility, says Ingrid Rowland. From Pompeii: The Afterlife of a Roman Town "explores the fascinating variety of these different experiences, as described by the artists, writers, actors, and others who have toured the excavated site. The city's houses, temples, gardens--and traces of Vesuvius's human victims--have elicited responses ranging from awe to embarrassment, with shifting cultural tastes playing an important role. The erotic frescoes that appalled eighteenth-century viewers inspired Renoir to change the way he painted. For Freud, visiting Pompeii was as therapeutic as a session of psychoanalysis. Crown Prince Hirohito, arriving in the Bay of Naples by battleship, found Pompeii interesting, but Vesuvius, to his eyes, was just an ugly version of Mount Fuji. Rowland treats readers to the distinctive, often quirky responses of visitors ranging from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Charles Dickens, and Mark Twain to Roberto Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman. Interwoven throughout a narrative lush with detail and insight is the thread of Rowland's own impressions of Pompeii, where she has returned many times since first visiting in 1962. The book is an entertaining canter through two millennia of history, deeply learned without succumbing to stuffiness or superiority Rowland is a lively writer and her tale of Pompeii s rediscovery and excavation is engaging. She skillfully brings to light details of the world unearthed at Pompeii--the various styles of painting identified by art historians, the social purpose of the god Priapus--and splices these into her narrative of discovery. In the process she never loses sight of the relationship between this recovery of antiquity s physical remains and the 18th century s vibrant neo-classicism. The former clearly nourished the latter, but the story turns out to be more complicated than first thought.--Luke Slattery"Sydney Morning Herald" (04/05/2014)".

Książka "From Pompeii"
Ingrid Rowland