Research Catalog

Title

Pompeii : public and private life / Paul Zanker ; translated by Deborah Lucas Schneider.

Author

Zanker, Paul.

Publication

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1998.

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Details

Description

ix, 251 pages : color illustrations; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Revealing antiquity ; 11

Uniform Title

• Pompeji. English
• Revealing antiquity ; 11.

Alternative Title

Pompeji.

Subject

• Cities and towns > Rome
• City planning > Rome
• Politics and culture > Rome
• Pompeii (Extinct city)
• Pompeii (Extinct city) > Social life and customs

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-240) and index.

Contents

Townscape and Domestic Taste -- Townscapes -- Domestic Taste and Cultural Self-Definition -- Urban Space as a Reflection of Society -- The Hellenistic City of the Oscans -- The Roman Colonists' City -- Townscape and Ideology in the Age of Augustus -- The City's Final Years -- The Domestic Arts in Pompeii -- The Origins of the Roman Villa -- Two Forms of Living Space -- A Miniature Villa in the Town -- A Courtyard with a Large Marble Fountain -- A Garden as Sanctuary -- A Parlor Overlooking Diana's Sacred Grove -- Gardens Filled with Sculptures -- Dining under the Stars -- Large Pictures for Small Dreams -- Domestic Taste and Cultural Identity.

ISBN

• 0674689666 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0674689674 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

98024720

OCLC

• 39143166
• ocm39143166
• SCSB-14359817

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries