Download or read book La rosa antica di Pompei written by Ernesto De Carolis and published by L'Erma di Bretschneider. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English summary: The double red rose is without a doubt the species most commonly found in ancient Pompeii -- both in terms of visual representation and in the works of classical authors. Is it possible that this Ancient Rose of Pompeii travelled the same path to Italy as the peach? Though peaches were a plant of Chinese origin, the Romans discovered them in Persia and cultivated them widely in the Roman Empire. This book explores this possible origin of the double red rose in Pompeii. Italian description: La Rosa rossa a fiore doppio e certamente quella piu presente nell' antica Pompei, sia nelle rappresentazioni che nei richiami degli autori classici; essae stata variamente identificata, in passato, come una pianta imparentata con la Rosa gallica. Possibile escludere che in una Rosa rossa, rifiorente e profumata vi sia un contributo di qualche rosa orientale? In epoca romana in Italia si coltivava diffusamente il pesco (Prunus persica), una specie di origine cinese che i romani conobbero quando arrivarono in Persia dove era stato da tempo introdotto; la Rosa Antica di Pompei non potrebbe aver percorso la stessa strada? Al momento si tratta di ipotesi che necessitano di studi piu approfonditi, ma la risoluzione del mistero e certamente possibile.
Download or read book The Ancient Rose of Pompeii written by Ernesto De Carolis and published by L'Erma di Bretschneider. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The double red rose is without a doubt the species most commonly found in ancient Pompeii, both in terms of pictorial representation and mentions by classic authors. It has been variously identified, in the past, as a plant related to the Gallic rose. But can we exclude the contribution of an Oriental rose in a red, reflowering and fragranced rose? The peach (Prunus persica) was widely cultivated in Italy in Roman times; it was originally a species of Chinese origin that the Romans discovered upon arrival in Persia, where it had been introduced some time before. Might the Ancient Rose of Pompeii not have travelled the same path? Currently these are hypotheses that require closer examination, but it is certainly possible to solve the mystery.
Download or read book Plants Politics and Empire in Ancient Rome written by Annalisa Marzano and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-10-13 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book investigates the cultural and political dimension of Roman arboriculture and the associated movement of plants from one corner of the empire to the other. It uses the convergent perspectives offered by textual and archaeological sources to sketch a picture of large-scale arboriculture as a phenomenon primarily driven by elite activity and imperialism. Arboriculture had a clear cultural role in the Roman world: it was used to construct the public persona of many elite Romans, with the introduction of new plants from far away regions or the development of new cultivars contributing to the elite competitive display. Exotic plants from conquered regions were also displayed as trophies in military triumphs, making plants an element of the language of imperialism. Annalisa Marzano argues that the Augustan era was a key moment for the development of arboriculture and identifies colonists and soldiers as important agents contributing to plant dispersal and diversity.
Download or read book Pompeii s Ashes written by Eric Moormann and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although there are many works dealing with Pompeii and Herculaneum, none of them try to encompass the entire spectrum of material related to its reception in popular imagination. Pompeii’s Ashes surveys a broad variety of such works, ranging from travelogues between ca. 1740 and 2010 to 250 years of fiction, including stage works, music, and films. The first two chapters provide an in-depth analysis of the excavation history and an overview of the reflections of travelers. The six remaining chapters discuss several clearly-defined genres: historical novels with pagan tendencies, and those with Christians and Jews as protagonists, contemporary adventures, time traveling, mock manuscripts, and works dedicated to Vesuvius. “Pompeii’s Ashes” demonstrates how the eternal fascination with the oldest still-running archaeological projects in the world began, developed, and continue until now.
Download or read book Roman Frescoes from Boscoreale written by Bettina Ann Bergmann and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2010 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Reprint of The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin (Spring 2010)."
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean written by Eric H. Cline and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 968 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Greek Bronze Age, roughly 3000 to 1000 BCE, witnessed the flourishing of the Minoan and Mycenean civilizations, the earliest expansion of trade in the Aegean and wider Mediterranean Sea, the development of artistic techniques in a variety of media, and the evolution of early Greek religious practices and mythology. The period also witnessed a violent conflict in Asia Minor between warring peoples in the region, a conflict commonly believed to be the historical basis for Homer's Trojan War. The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean provides a detailed survey of these fascinating aspects of the period, and many others, in sixty-six newly commissioned articles. Divided into four sections, the handbook begins with Background and Definitions, which contains articles establishing the discipline in its historical, geographical, and chronological settings and in its relation to other disciplines. The second section, Chronology and Geography, contains articles examining the Bronze Age Aegean by chronological period (Early Bronze Age, Middle Bronze Age, Late Bronze Age). Each of the periods are further subdivided geographically, so that individual articles are concerned with Mainland Greece during the Early Bronze Age, Crete during the Early Bronze Age, the Cycladic Islands during the Early Bronze Age, and the same for the Middle Bronze Age, followed by the Late Bronze Age. The third section, Thematic and Specific Topics, includes articles examining thematic topics that cannot be done justice in a strictly chronological/geographical treatment, including religion, state and society, trade, warfare, pottery, writing, and burial customs, as well as specific events, such as the eruption of Santorini and the Trojan War. The fourth section, Specific Sites and Areas, contains articles examining the most important regions and sites in the Bronze Age Aegean, including Mycenae, Tiryns, Pylos, Knossos, Kommos, Rhodes, the northern Aegean, and the Uluburun shipwreck, as well as adjacent areas such as the Levant, Egypt, and the western Mediterranean. Containing new work by an international team of experts, The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean represents the most comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date single-volume survey of the field. It will be indispensable for scholars and advanced students alike.
Download or read book A Roman Villa and a Late Roman Infant Cemetery written by David Soren and published by L'ERMA di BRETSCHNEIDER. This book was released on 1998-12-31 with total page 1090 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mercanti e politica nel mondo antico written by Carlo Zaccagnini and published by L'ERMA di BRETSCHNEIDER. This book was released on 2003 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Gardens of Pompeii written by Wilhelmina Mary Feemster Jashemski and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ancestral Landscapes written by Elisabetta Borgna and published by Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée, Jean-Pouilloux - MOM. This book was released on 2011 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a study of the burial mound phenomenon which emerged in large parts of Europe during the Copper and Bronze Ages, with a major focus on the Mediterranean and eastern European regions. 51 papers are grouped into sections dealing with the symbolism of burial mounds, the relationship between landscapes, landmarks and cultural identity, burial customs as rituals and a new look at theories on diffusionism. They define the natural and cultural contexts in which tumulus burial architecture first appeared and attempt to explain the ideological, social and ritual meaning of burial mounds as community monuments. Most contributions include new evidence from excavations and surface surveys; some provide a re-examination of old data, including skeletal remains. The subjects discussed concern not only funerary practices and beliefs but also further archaeological issues such as landscapes and land use, early exploitation of metal resources, the organization of long-distance exchange, interaction networks, and the emergence of complexity in human societies.
Download or read book The Origins of the Roman Economy written by Gabriele Cifani and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on the economic history of the community of Rome from the Iron Age to the early Republic.
Download or read book International Catalogue of Scientific Literature 1901 14 written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 1028 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Corpus Topographicum Pompeianum written by Halsted B. VanderPoel and published by Rome : H. Van der Poel, 1977- (Rome, Italy : Edizioni dell'Elefante). This book was released on 1977 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Maiolica in the Making written by Catherine Hess and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 1999 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, potters from the Italian village of Castelli dAbruzzo created wares that constitute a final, supremely pictorial phase of the tin-glazed earthenware art know as maiolica. Here, Catharine Hess documents the Gentili/Barabei archive--a recently acquired collection of 276 documents relating to these celebrated ceramics--to show how it illuminates the production of maiolica.
Download or read book Transport Amphorae and Trade in the Eastern Mediterranean written by Jonas Eiring and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transport amphorae were chosen as the theme of this colloquium because of their great potential for elucidating ancient economic history. As Peacock and Williams have noted, amphorae provide us not with anindex of the transportation of goods, but with direct witness of the movement of certain foodstuffs which were of considerable economic importance.... It is hard to conceive of any archaeological material better suited to further our understanding of Roman trade. The same could be said with equal conviction about Hellenistic trade. However, while the study of transport amphorae was already an established discipline in the 19th century, it has traditionally focused on amphora stamps. Even in the 1970s, excavators in the eastern Mediterranean were still disregarding-and even discarding-unstamped fragments. Yet if amphora studies remain somewhat in the realm of epigraphy, they have also seen a great deal of activity in the last decade and drawn increasing attention from archaeologists, historians and other researchers. Jonas Eiring and John Lund are both classical archaeologists. Lund is a curator at the National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen.
Download or read book BAR International Series written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Greek World written by Giovanni Pugliese Carratelli and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 1996 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exhibition catalog, 60 essays & 1600 photographs of artworks.
