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    Pompeii and the Roman Villa:

    Art and Culture around the

    Bay of Naples

    Discovery

    Guide

    Designed or Young Audiences

    National Gallery o Art, Washington

    October , March ,

    National Gallery o Art, WashingtonOctober , March ,

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    About This Exhibition The exhibition is organized in threesections, and this guide is color-coded to help you navigate and

    explore the themes.

    Green Begin with the theme o Roman houses and villas.Discover the owners, see objects rom their homes, and explore

    art rom gardens and a dining room.

    Blue Next, learn about the Romans interest in Greek art, history,and mythology.

    OrangeThen, examine the infuence o ancient Rome on Euro-pean art and culture ater the discovery o the ruins o Pompeii

    in the eighteenth century.

    How to Use This Guide Designed or amilies and schoolgroups, the guide will help you locate key works and introduce

    you to important themes o the exhibition. The works o art are

    presented in the order in which they appear in the exhibition.

    Recommended or ages .

    First, nd the objects shown in the image.

    Then, look careully at the works o art to answer the questions.

    Related information is provided in the columns along the right

    side o each page.

    At the bottom of each page, Connect to the Present questions

    explore links between the ancient world and our own. Use these

    as discussion questions in the exhibition or to extend your visitback at home or in school.

    Tips for Teachers Use this guide to identiy good starting andstopping locations or your visit. I you have less than an hour, you

    may wish to tour only one or two sections. I you are visiting with

    a group o more than thirty students, stagger their entry times into

    the exhibition.

    Reminder Please be careul not to touch the objects or lean on thewalls or cases. Oils rom your hands and clothing can be damaging.

    The Bay o Naples is a beautiul place. The rocky coast,

    everywhere sparkling with light, drops dramatically into the

    Mediterranean, plunging into waters colored lapis, turquoise,and plum. The land is ertile and terraced with ruit trees.

    Cool breezes temper the heat o sunny days. No wonder

    the richest people in Rome including emperors and their

    amilies let the hot, dir ty city or their lavish coastal villas.

    But on an August day in AD 79, lie around the Bay o

    Naples was abruptly silenced. The volcanic eruption o

    Mount Vesuvius buried many towns and villas, preserving

    a remarkable record o the past.

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    4 Romans and Their Homes 5

    Whats in a Name?

    As you tour the exhibition, youll

    notice that many o the Roman

    houses have colorul names Houseo the Centenary, House o theTragic Poet, House o the Golden

    Bracelet. These names were

    given by archaeologists when theydiscovered the houses. Sometimes

    the name reers to a work o art

    ound inside the ruins.

    Beware the DogCave Canem (Beware the Dog):A mosaic depicting a guard dog was

    placed at the threshold o the rontdoor o some Pompeian homes as

    a humorous no trespassing sign.

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    Enter a Roman House

    Find the large photomurals on each side o the exhibition

    entrance. These murals reproduce watercolors painted in the

    early s showing how the House o the Centenary in

    Pompeii might have looked in antiquity.

    Explore this house with your eyes.

    Find the photomural details il lustrated here.

    Imagine what it may have been like to live in this house:

    Which part o the house looks like the most un to play in?

    Can you nd a place where you might like to relax?

    Connect to the present

    Think about: How is this Roman house both similar to anddierent rom houses today?

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    6 Romans and Their Homes 7

    A Famous Villa Owner

    Find the marble portrait o Augustus. Augustus was Romes rst

    emperor, and he ruled rom bc to ad. Most surviving por-

    traits o Augustus were made ater his death; this rare exception

    dates rom his lietime. He vacationed at several sites around the

    Bay o Naples and owned a villa on the island o Capri.

    Look closely at Augustus ace: circle the words below that

    describe his expression.

    Choose another portrait in this room: underline the words above

    that describe that persons expression.

    Connect to the present

    Consider: Where can you see portraits o todays leaders?What impressions or ideas do their images project?

    Seaside VillasOther people whose portraits you

    see in this room including Julius

    Caesar, the emperors Caligulaand Nero, and other members o

    Augustus amily also had villas

    around the bay. These lavish homeswere surrounded with prom-

    enades and gardens and terraces

    to the sea. I less wealthy people

    could not aord such luxury, theycould perhaps aord to have a villapainted on their walls paintings

    like this one were very popular.

    happy

    sad

    angry

    thoughtul

    tired

    worried

    calmcondent

    proud

    anxious

    pleased

    excited

    distant

    satised

    surprised

    hopeul

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    8 Romans and Their Homes 9

    At Home

    Many o the things Romans used in everyday lie are amiliar to

    us today: dishes, glassware, and jewelry are not real ly that dier-

    ent rom ours. The objects in this room give us a glimpse into theelegant liestyle o the wealthy people who lived around the bay.

    Find the six household objects shown in the details on the

    opposite page.

    Match the images to the descriptions on the right.

    Connect to the present

    Considerwhich o these items we still use today. How aretodays objects dierent rom household objects rom Pompeii?

    a table legs

    These table supports carved withantastic creatures must have

    been one o the amilys prized

    possessions.

    b lamp

    Light came rom lamps that burnedolive oil. This one has spouts or

    two fames. Oten lamps were set

    on tall stands.

    c writing implements

    Roman children learned to writeon olding wax tablets using a

    stylus. These erasable tablets werealso used or quick notes. Real

    books were written with ink on

    long rolls o papyrus.

    d cup

    This elegant two-handled silver cupwas used or drinking wine.

    e seafood

    Romans loved seaood, and sharming was a protable business.Paintings and mosaics showed the

    bounties o the sea sea bass,

    squid, clams, shrimp, octopus,lobster, eel, and founder. Some

    people even had pet sh.

    f jewelry

    Romans thought that snakes

    brought good luck. Worn on theupper arm, spiral bracelets in the

    orm o a snake were popular.

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    10 Romans and Their Homes 11

    Courtyards and Gardens I

    While villas were surrounded by gardens, houses in town had

    gardens planted in interior courtyards. These gardens were accented

    with ountains, carved relies, statues, and gurines that spurted

    water into pools. Gardens could be places or quiet, contemplative

    pursuits reading and writing, discussing philosophy with riends,

    or simply enjoying nature.

    Find these animals:dog

    lion

    snake

    peacock

    boar

    Think about What sound does each o these animals make?

    Connect to the present

    Decide: How do we bring animals and other elements romnature into our homes today?

    Dionysos in the Garden

    Images o the wine god Dionysos(Bacchus in Latin), along with his

    band o revelers, appear in many

    garden paintings and sculptures.Dionysos was a natural t or the

    garden because he was associated

    with the ertility and abundance o

    the earth. He was also the god otheaterthe very rst plays musthave been part o harvest estivals

    dedicated to him and sculptures

    showing the exaggerated masksworn by actors were common

    garden decorations.

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    Pompeian Wall Painting

    Romans loved wall painting. Even

    the poorest houses in Pompeii hadone or two painted rooms. The

    rich could aord splendid colors

    (green and blue were among themost expensive, yellow and red

    the most popular). The best artists

    were hired to paint intricate andbeautiul scenes, some covering

    entire walls, others set like smallpictures inside painted architec-

    tural rames.

    Dining in Style

    Dining rooms were oten located

    to provide guests with a viewo the garden. The dining room

    was called a triclinium because itcontained three couches. It was

    the ancient custom to recline while

    eating! A meal could last or hours,with entertainment between

    courses. Imagine what it would

    have been like to dine in this room:reclining on an elegant couch, eat-

    ing with your ngers, and enjoying

    entertainments. This could havebeen the menu:

    Entertainment and Fine Dining

    The dining room was oten the grandest room in a Roman house.

    These rescos, which decorated a dining room, allude to the many

    entertainments that diners would have enjoyed along with their

    ood, such as music, poetry readings, or a play.

    Find the god Apollo, foating in the center and playing his lyre.

    He was the ancient god o light, reason, and music. Apollo is sur-

    rounded by muses, sister goddesses who represented di erent arts.

    Examine the resco and identiy the ollowing muses:Euterpe, muse o music, is shown with a fute.

    Urania, muse o astronomy, is holding a globe.

    Melpomene, muse o tragedy, is holding an actors mask

    with a sad expression.

    Thalia, muse o comedy, is holding an actors mask

    with a happy expression

    Connect to the present

    Imagine: I you could create a resco or a room in your home,which room would you choose? What would you paint?

    appetizers

    olives

    mushrooms

    eggs

    oysters

    main course

    hot boiled goose

    stuffed hare

    songbirds with

    asparagus

    squid

    dessert

    fresh figs

    stuffed dates

    grapes

    honey cakes

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    Courtyards and Gardens II

    Find the garden scene rom the House o the Golden Bracelet.

    This painting decorated a living room wall in a luxurious house.

    Filled with plants and birds, it was a way o bringing nature into

    the house. No matter what the season, these fowers are always

    in bloom and the sky is a lways bright blue.

    Explore this garden with your eyes. It is thickly planted with

    laurel, oleander, sycamore, and palm, as well as roses, daisies, ivy,

    and poppies. The birds have also been identied see pages ,.

    Imagine sitting in this garden:

    What sounds might you hear?

    What are some things you might smell?

    How might you eel?

    Find two masks and a birdbath in the painting. Next, look or

    similar objects in this room.

    Connect to the present

    Share: Where do you like to go to relax and to think?

    MosaicsThe Romans got their taste or

    mosaics rom Greece. The earli-

    est were made with simple river

    pebbles. But artisans soon startedto use colored marbles and glass,greatly expanding the range o

    colors. These were cut into smaller

    and more regular pieces calledtesserae, allowing artists to create

    subtle eects o light and shade

    and greater detail.Most mosaics in Pompeian

    homes were laid on the foor.

    Reproductions in this exhibitionwill give you a sense o what it

    would have been like to walkon them.

    Platos Academy

    Gardens were places o learning.Romans admired Greek philosophers,

    including Plato, who is depicted here

    pointing to a globe. The setting is theolive grove outside Athens where

    Plato ounded his school in theourth century BC.

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    barn swallow

    dove

    turtledove

    wood pigeon

    house sparrows

    golden oriole

    blue rock thrush

    wood pigeon

    magpie

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    Greek Legacy: Mythology

    Find the Thracian gladiators helmet. The oldest permanent

    amphitheater we know about is the one built in Pompeii in bc.

    The most popular events held there were mortal combats between

    gladiators. Warriors rom Thrace (mostly modern Bulgaria) wore

    helmets such as this one with a latticed visor to protect the eyes

    and a wide, faring rim.

    Look closely at the helmets decoration: the scenes illustrate

    episodes surrounding the all o the city o Troy, center o the

    legendary Trojan War.

    Discover Did you know that the Trojan War was an important

    part o the mythology o Rome? Ater the Trojan prince Paris stole

    Helen, the beautiul wie o the Greek king Menelaos, the Greeks

    and Trojans ought or ten years. At last the Greeks were victorious.

    The greatest o all Greek poets, Homer, told the story rom the

    Greek point o view. The greatest Latin poet, Virgil, took up the

    story rom the other side. VirgilsAen eid ollows the Trojan heroAeneas in his long journey toward a new l ie in Italy. Aeneas son

    established the town rom which Rome itsel was ounded.

    Identify a ew scenes on the helmet:

    Front Menelaos and Helen beore the walls o TroyLeft Death o the Trojan king Priam

    Right Aeneas feeing the burning city carrying his ather

    on his shoulders

    Consider Why would a gladiator want this story to be shown

    on his helmet?

    Connect to the present

    Think about: Which athletes today wear protective helmets?How do the helmets vary or dierent sports?

    Homer

    Homer probably lived during the

    eighth century BC. Images o himare all imaginary because he lived

    long beore the Greeks made true

    portraits. Yet the many portraitso him all look alike, emphasizing

    his age and blindness. Well-educated

    Romans were taught Greek at anearly age so that they could read

    the classics. Sometimes they evenspoke Greek, rather than Latin,

    to each other.

    The Legacy o Greece

    For Romans, part o the allure

    o the Bay o Naples was its richGreek heritage. Greeks colonized

    the region as early as the eighthcentury BC and ounded Neapolis

    (modern Naples) around 600 BC.

    Ater the Romans conqueredGreece, they became captivated

    by Greek art and culture. Romans

    revered classical Greece as a reposi-tory o culture, wisdom, and beauty,

    and they adorned their houses and

    gardens with works o art thatreerred to this legacy.

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    Alexander MosaicThe mosaic reproduced on the

    foor came rom an opulent house

    in Pompeii. Large sections weremissing when it was discovered in

    1831, but they have been lled in

    here to suggest the mosaics origi-nal appearance.

    Alexander the Great

    The Romans were interested in

    Greek rulers, too especiallyAlexander the Great, who took

    his armies all the way to India inthe ourth century BC. It was the

    greatest conquest the world had

    ever seen.Alexander hired the most

    amous artists o his day to make

    images o him. The likenesses theymade o him were copied many

    times overso we have no trou-

    ble today recognizing Alexanderswaving hair, swept up like a lions

    mane, and his eyes, burning with

    intensity. We know a lot about hishorse Bucephalus, too. Only young

    Alexander could tame him.

    Greek Legacy: History

    Find the bronze statuette o Alexander the Great on horseback.

    Pretend that you are in Alexanders place. Look closely at this

    sculpture. Use your eyes and your imagination to complete the

    ollowing sentences rom his point o view:

    My horse is .

    I wonder .

    Why did I ?

    What will happen i ?

    Find the Alexander Mosaic, reproduced on the foor o th is room.

    Compare it with the sculpture: How are these images o Alexander

    similar, and how are they dierent?

    Connect to the present

    Discuss: Which historical gures do you admire? Why?What moment in their lie would you choose to representin a work o art?

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    Marble SculptureWhen you imagine a work o ancient

    sculpture, chances are you see pure

    white marble. But in act, mostmarble sculpture rom Greece and

    Rome was brightly painted. So was

    the carved decoration on buildings.

    Most o the paint has long sinceaded away. But i you look closelyat many sculptures, you can still see

    traces o paint.

    The Lure o Greek Art

    For wealthy Roman collectors,

    ownership o Greek art was a marko sophistication. Some bought

    antique sculptures rom Greece.

    Romans also created new art, suchas these sculptures o Artemis and

    Aphrodite, that evoked the styles

    o Greek masterpieces.

    Greek Legacy: Art

    Find the statues o Artemis, goddess o the hunt, and Aphrodite,

    goddess o love.

    Examine each sculpture careully. Next, describe the hairstyle,

    the acial expression (eyes and mouth), the pose, and how the

    drapery is arranged.

    hairstyle

    eyes

    mouth

    pose

    drapery

    Think about What is similar about these two statues and

    what is dierent?

    Decide Which sculpture do you like best? Why?

    Connect to the present

    Discover: Romans were inspired by Greek art. Which workso art rom the past inspire you?

    a r t e m i s a p h r o di t e

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    Artemis

    Aphrodite

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    August 24 25, AD 79

    Mount Vesuvius erupted aroundnoon on August 24 in AD 79.

    A series o tremors had shaken

    the region our days earlier, andwells and springs had gone dry.

    The Romans thought that Vesuvius

    was extinct: it had not eruptedor seven hundred years.

    A twelve-mile-high column

    o ash and rock rose into the sky,turning night into day and setting

    o electrical storms. The wind

    was blowing toward Pompeii,Herculaneum, and Stabiae. Other

    areas were spared the worst. InPompeii, as the giant cloud col-

    lapsed, ash, pumice, and rock ell

    through the day, lightly at rst.Many people fed pillows tied to

    their heads as the debris began

    to pile up in streets and collapseroos. Around midnight, pyroclastic

    surges o poison gas and ash blew

    down the mountain at speeds o

    ty miles an hour or more. On oneside o the volcano, Herculaneumwas overwhelmed with a fow o

    volcanic mud some seventy eet

    thick. Surges raced toward Pompeiias well, and early on August 25, they

    overtopped the city walls. Everyone

    still in town was killed instantly.Fine ash continued to all. When

    the eruption was nally over late

    that day, probably only the tops othe tallest buildings in Pompeii

    remained visible and Hercula-neum had disappeared.

    peaceul

    mysteriouswelcoming

    lonely

    eerie

    wild

    darkrightening

    exciting

    relaxing

    ery

    warm

    cool

    dusty

    quiet

    noisy

    powerul

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    Eruption

    Find the painting Vesuvius from Portici, by Joseph Wright. Thispainting was made about years ater Pompeii was destroyed

    by the eruption o Mount Vesuvius. The volcano erupted oten in

    the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries though not as violently.

    Artists had to imagine how it would have looked that day in ad.

    Circle the words below that you think describe the scene in

    this painting:

    Connect to the present

    Remember: Can you think o any natural disasters that haveoccurred in your lietime?

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    Discovery

    The towns and villas in the immedi-

    ate shadow o the volcano were allbut orgotten. Farmers returned to

    the land made even more ertile

    by the volcanic deposits and theyplanted grapes and other crops.

    Only a hint o the past was con-tained in a local name or the area:

    La Civit, the city.

    Systematic excavations began atHerculaneum in 1738 and at Pompeii

    in 1748. News o the discoveries

    spread rapidly throughout Europe.

    Touring Pompeii

    Findthe painting The Forum at Pompeii with Vesuvius in the Background,

    by ChristenKbke. Ater the buried ruins were discovered in the

    eighteenth century, Pompeii became one o Europes most popular

    tourist attractions. Artists came to see the ancient cities that had

    been uncovered, and they made paintings (and later photographs)

    or tourists to buy as mementos. Mount Vesuvius in the distance was

    a constant reminder o the event that led to Pompeiis destruction.

    Imagine that you are a visitor to this place.

    What clues tell you where a building once stood?

    What kinds o things might you discover as you explored these ruins?

    What parts o this scene are you most curious about?

    Connect to the present

    Choose: Select our objects rom your lie that you would like toplace in a time capsule. I people two thousand years rom nowopened the capsule, what would they learn about your lie romthese objects?

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    snake bracelet

    birdbath

    lamp stand

    marble table

    silver bowl

    Pompeii around You

    The excavations around the Bay oNaples had a proound impact on

    the tastes and styles o Europeans

    and Americans in the eighteenthand nineteenth centuries: neo-

    classical ashions appeared and

    reappeared in dress, jewelry,tableware, and other decorative

    arts. The look o Pompeian paint-ings ound its way into the interiors

    o homes and public buildings,

    even into some rooms in theUnited States Capitol in Wash-

    ington. Roman and Greek styles

    dominate this city just visit theNational Gallerys West Building

    to see examples.

    Recreating the Past

    Find the paintingA Sculpture Ga ller y, by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema.Here past and present come together in a antasy scene. The people

    in this painting are the artists amily members, posing as ancient

    Romans. They are gathered amid a collection o Greek and Roman

    works, unearthed in excavations.

    Wonder Why might the artist have wanted to combine elementsrom the past and present in one painting?

    Find the objects labeled in the painting in this room.

    Remember Which parts o the painting remind you o things you

    saw earlier in the exhibition?

    Connect to the present

    Investigate: How is your world architecture, ashion,government infuenced by the ancient Romans?

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    Classical Kids: An Activity

    Guide to Lie in Ancient

    Greece and Rome

    By Laurie Carlson

    Ages 5 and up

    Pompeii: Lost and Found

    By Mary Pope Osborne

    Ages 5 and up

    Ancient Rome

    Eyewitness Workbooks

    Ages 7 and up

    Pompeii: The Day a City

    Was Buried

    By Melanie and

    Christopher Rice

    (DKDiscoveries)

    Ages 7 and up

    Pompeii (Through Time)

    By Richard Platt

    Ages 7 and up

    Pompeii

    By Karen Ball

    (Usborne Young Reading)

    Ages 7 and up

    PompeiiBuried AliveBy Edith Kunhardt Davis

    Ages 7 and up

    The Pompeii Pop-Up

    By Peter Riley

    Ages 7 and up

    Lie and Times in

    Ancient Rome

    Kingfsher Publications

    Ages 7 and up

    Find Out About:

    The Roman Empire

    By Philip Steele

    Ages 9 and up

    Pompeii (Roman World)

    By Peter Connolly

    Ages 9 and up

    Pompeii: Unearthing

    Ancient Worlds

    By Liz Sonneborn

    Ages 9 and up

    Bodies rom the Ash:

    Lie and Death in

    Ancient Pompeii

    By James M. Deem

    Ages 12 and up

    captions

    The works o art

    rom Italian collec-

    tions were lent

    to the exhibition

    under the authoriza-

    tion o the Sopr in-

    tendenz a Speciale

    per i Beni Archeo-

    logici di Napoli e

    Pompei

    cover View across

    Bay o Naples rom

    hillside site o so-

    called Tomb o Virgil,with umbrella pine in

    oreground c. 1900,

    postcard (detail),

    Collection Carol

    Mattusch

    back Garden (detail),

    1st centuryBC 1st

    centuryAD, resco,

    House o Marine

    Venus, Pompeii,

    photograph

    Luciano Pedicini

    1 4 Jules-Lon

    Chiot, Plan of

    the House of the

    Centenary(details),

    1903, watercolor

    and gouache, Ecole

    Nationale Suprieure

    des Beaux-Arts, Paris

    5 Cave Canem

    mosaic in situ, romPompei, pitture e

    mosaici (Milan, 1993)

    6Augustus (detail)

    1st centuryBC 1st

    centuryAD, marble,

    The Walters Art

    Museum, Baltimore,

    Maryland

    7 Seaside villa, 1st

    centuryBC 1st

    centuryAD, resco,

    Museo Archeologico

    Nazionale di Napoli

    8 Double-spouted

    lamp (detail),1st centuryBC 1st

    centuryAD, bronze,

    Ufcio Scavi, Pompei

    9 Two table supports

    (detail), 1st century

    AD, marble, Ufcio

    Scavi, Pompei

    10 Kantharos

    entwined with olive

    branches (detail),

    mid-1st centuryBC ,

    silver, Museo Archeo-

    logico Nazionale

    di Napoli

    11 Writing imple-

    ments (detail), 1st

    centuryBC 1st

    centuryAD, resco,

    Museo ArcheologicoNazionale di Napoli

    12 Bracelet in form

    of serpent(detail),

    1st centuryBC 1st

    centuryAD, gold,

    Museo Archeologico

    Nazionale di Napoli

    13 Still life with

    seafood(detail),

    1st centuryBC 1st

    centuryAD, resco,

    Museo Archeologico

    Nazionale di Napoli

    14 16, 18 Boar

    attacked by dogs

    (two details), Snake

    (detail), Lion (detail),

    1st centuryBC 1st

    centuryAD, bronze,

    Museo Archeologico

    Nazionale di Napoli

    17 Peacock on a

    garden fence (detail),

    1st centuryBC 1st

    centuryAD, resco,

    Museo Archeologico

    Nazionale di Napoli

    19 Dionysos, 1st cen-

    turyBC 1st century

    AD, marble, Museo

    Archeologico Nazio-

    nale di Napoli

    20Apollo with t he

    muses Clio and

    Euterpe (detail),

    1st centuryAD,

    resco, Ufcio Scavi,

    Pompei

    21 Garden scene(detail), 1st century

    BC 1st centur yAD,

    resco, Ufcio Scavi,

    Pompei

    22 Platos Academy

    (detail), 1st century

    BC 1st centur yAD,

    mosaic, Museo

    Archeologico Nazio-

    nale di Napoli

    23 Thracian gladia-

    tors helmet(detail),

    1st centuryBC 1st

    centuryAD, bronze,

    Museo Archeologico

    Nazionale di Napoli

    24 Homer,1st cen-

    turyBC 1st centur y

    AD,marble, On loan

    rom The British

    Museum, London

    25Alexander the

    Great on horseback(detail), 1st century

    BC 1st centur yAD,

    bronze, Museo

    Archeologico Nazio-

    nale di Napoli

    26 Photographic

    reconstruction o

    the Alexander Mosaic,

    original, Museo

    Archeologico Nazio-

    nale di Napoli

    27Artemi s (Diana)

    (detail), 1st century

    BC 1st centur yAD,

    Pentelic marble,

    Museo Archeologico

    Nazionale di Napoli

    28Aphrodit e (Syon

    House/Munich ty pe)(detail), probably

    early 1st centuryAD,

    Pentelic marble,

    Museo Archeologico

    dei Campi Flegrei, Baia

    These books about Roman culture and Pompeii can beound at your local library or bookstore.

    29 Joseph Wright

    (Briti sh, 1734 1797),

    Vesuvius from Portici

    (detail), c. 1774 1776,

    oil on canvas, The

    Huntington Library,

    Art Collections, and

    Botanical Gardens;

    Acquired with unds

    rom the Frances

    Crandall Dyke

    Bequest

    30 Christen Kbke

    (Danish, 1810 1848),The Forum at Pompeii

    with Vesuvius in the

    Background(detail),

    1841, oil on canvas,

    The J. Paul Getty

    Museum, Los Angeles

    31 Sir Lawrence

    Alma-Tadema

    (Briti sh, 1836 1912),A Sculpture Ga llery

    (detail), 1874,

    oil on canvas,

    Hood Museum o

    Art, Dartmouth

    College, Hanover,

    New Hampshire.

    Git o Arthur M.

    Loew, Class o 1921A

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