TY - BOOK ID - 3459239 TI - Rediscovering the ancient world on the Bay of Naples, 1710-1890 PY - 2013 VL - 56 79 SN - 9780300189216 0300189214 PB - Washington : New Haven : National Gallery of Art, Yale University Press. DB - UniCat KW - Europe KW - Campania (Italy) KW - Naples, Bay of (Italy) KW - Campanie (Italie) KW - Naples, Golfe de (Italie) KW - Intellectual life KW - Congresses KW - 19th century KW - Antiquities, Roman KW - Civilization KW - Antiquités romaines KW - Congrès KW - Civilisation KW - Conferences - Meetings KW - Antiquités romaines KW - Congrès KW - Bay of Naples (Italy) KW - Golfo di Napoli (Italy) KW - Gulf of Naples (Italy) KW - Naples, Gulf of (Italy) KW - Council of Europe countries KW - Eastern Hemisphere KW - Eurasia KW - Regione Campania (Italy) KW - Campanie (Italy) KW - Kampania (Italy) KW - Campanien (Italy) KW - Congresses. KW - Campania (Italy) - Antiquities, Roman - Congresses KW - Naples, Bay of (Italy) - Civilization - Congresses KW - Europe - Intellectual life - 18th century - Congresses KW - Europe - Intellectual life - 19th century - Congresses UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3459239 AB - The ancient Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., drew international attention when excavations commenced in the 1730s. As a result, the nearby city of Naples became a nexus of scholarship, cultural diplomacy, and tourism. This fascinating book examines responses to the excavations by 18th- and 19th-century monarchs, statesmen, scholars, and archaeologists, as well as by artists, architects, designers, writers, and tourists. Essays by leading art historians and archaeologists chronicle the exploitation of the sites through excavation, publication, and museum display, and discuss the wider influence of the recovered objects and architectural remains on art and design in Italy, France, Germany, and Britain. Unlike other publications that focus on the archaeological artifacts and their documentation, this extensively illustrated book presents the discoveries from the standpoint of how they were understood at the time. ER -