{"product_id":"houses-and-monuments-of-pompeii-stefano-de-caro-9780892366842","title":"Houses and Monuments of Pompeii: The Work of Fausto and Felice Niccolini","description":"The discovery of and excavations at Pompeii in the second half of the eighteenth century not only provided historians with a trove of information about ancient Roman civilization but also fired artists' imaginations and inaugurated the vogue for the \"Pompeian style\" that so influenced the West in the nineteenth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book reproduces, along with commentary, \u003cem\u003eLe case i monumenti di Pompeii\u003c\/em\u003e (1854) of Fausto and Felice Niccolini, the first work to present completely and systematically all the public and private buildings so far excavated in Pompeii. It features the wondrous watercolors the Niccolinis created to document Pompeii and is thus a beautiful and essential tool in understanding the excavated remains themselves and how the modern archaeologists perceived and recorded the ancient world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These magnificently reproduced drawings of the excavations are accompanied by texts that explain the documents by the Niccolinis, as well as the evolution of the Pompeian style in Europe, the pictorial representation of Pompeii in the nineteenth century from engravings to photographs, and the evolving styles of archaeological documentation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stefano de Caro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0892366842\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780892366842\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e J. Paul Getty Museum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/19\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 15.17h x 10.99w x 1.17d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2003 pg. 84","brand":"Stefano de Caro","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44756477903103,"sku":"9780892366842","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ef7ead68-146a-48f6-b3df-93d84514de59.jpg?v=1706593091","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/houses-and-monuments-of-pompeii-stefano-de-caro-9780892366842","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}