The Lost World of Pompeii - Couverture souple

Amery, Colin; Curran, Brian

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0711232628 ISBN 13 : 9780711232624

Editeur : Frances Lincoln, 2011

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Colin Amery is Director of the World Monuments Fund in Britain and a writer and architectural consultant. He was architectural critic of the Financial Times for 20 years, an editor of the Architectural Review and has been the author of many architectural books. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects.

Brian Curran gained an MS in Historic Preservation from Columbia University and, after serving as Director of Projects for the World Monuments Fund in Britain, became its West Coast consultant. He now works on writing and conservation projects in Los Angeles.

Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, OBE, was the Director of the British School at Rome and has recently been appointed Master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. He is head of the Herculaneum Conservation Project and his books include Suetonius: The Scholar and his Caesars (1985), Augustan Rome (1993) and Houses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum (1994).

Présentation de l'éditeur :

When the volcano Vesuvius erupted in AD 79, the city of Pompeii was buried in ash and rock, then forgotten, left almost perfectly preserved for centuries. Archaeological excavation of the site began in 1748 and revealed extraordinary evidence about public and private life at the height of the Roman Empire. Colin Amery and Brian Curran Jr of the World Monuments Fund describe the history of Pompeii from its origins to its tragic destruction, and discuss the repercussions of the discoveries made there on art, archaeology and interior design. They also explain the ongoing conservation and renovation work that is taking place at the site today.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Frances Lincoln
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0711232628
• ISBN 13: 9780711232624
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192