22 line drawings

“Beautiful images

this volume provides a comprehensive study of the vases and their treatment from the nineteenth century up to today

and the three plant elements

ISBN 978-0-89236-717-7

Buried by Vesuvius: The Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum CAAMEMBER 22 line drawingsEdited by Kenneth Lapatin The Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum, the model for the Getty Villa in Malibu, is one of the worlds earliest systematically investigated archaeological sites. Buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE, the Villa dei Papiri was discovered in 1750 and excavated under the auspices of the Neapolitan court. Never fully unearthed, the site yielded spectacular colored marble floors and mosaics, frescoed walls, the largest