The Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum : Archaeology, Reception, and Digital Reconstruction.

The Villa of the Papyri is a unique archaeological site and has been very influential in the field of classical studies. The papyri (the only intact library to survive from Graeco-Roman antiquity) and bronze sculptures found in the villa have contributed to our knowledge of the ancient world and the...

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Main Author: Zarmakoupi, Mantha
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin : De Gruyter, 2010
Series:Sozomena (Berlin, Germany) ; v. 1.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Mantha Zarmakoupi
  • Rediscovering the Villa of the Papyri / Antonio de Simone
  • New archaeological research at the Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum / Maria Paola Guidobaldi, Domenico Esposito
  • Wall paintings in the Villa of the Papyri : old and new finds / Eric M. Moormann
  • Programming sculpture? : Collection and display in the Villa of the Papyri / Carol C. Mattusch
  • Who lived in the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum : a settled question? / Mario Capasso
  • The books of the Villa of the Papyri / David Sider
  • The Getty Villa : recreating the Villa of the Papyri in Malibu / Kenneth Lapatin
  • En Foüllant à l'Aveugle : discovering the Villa of the Papyri in the 18th century / Dana Arnold
  • From pleasure, to guilty pleasure, to simulation : rebirthing the Villa of the Papyri / Diane Favro
  • The virtual reality digital model of the Villa of the Papyri project / Mantha Zarmakoupi.