Sökresultat för: Joan R. Mertens
Roman Frescoes from Boscoreale (Pocket)
avBettina Bergmann, Stefano De Caro, Joan R. Mertens, Rudolf Meyer
ISBN: 9780300155198 - UTGIVEN: 2010-09-03When Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79, burying much of the region around the Bay of Naples in lava, one of the extraordinary Roman villas thereby preserved was that of P Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale. Its discovery in 1899 revealed breathtaking wall paintings that were dispersed in 1903. The authors[...]
How to Read Greek Vases (Pocket)
avJoan R. Mertens, Metropolitan Museum Of Art
ISBN: 9780300155235 - UTGIVEN: 2011-01-18How is it possible today to gain insight into the culture that flourished in ancient Greece over 2,500 years ago? Works of art are eloquent intermediaries. This generously illustrated volume provides an introduction to the painted pottery that served specific utilitarian functions and that afforded [...]
