The Second Life of Pompeii. Revival of Antiquity, from the Enlightenment to Romanticism 1738-1860.
Gourcuff Gradenigo| N° d'inventaire | 20675 |
| Format | 22 x 28 |
| Détails | 144 p., paperback with flaps. |
| Publication | Montreuil, 2017 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782353402519 |
1738-1748: Herculaneum and Pompeii, the cities buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, rose from their ashes and revealed a harvest of treasures to modern eyes. The event acted as a detonator and triggered a metamorphosis of taste in Europe. The rediscovered genius of the Ancients was hailed, and the united arts immediately made it accessible to all. The neo-antique style rejected the gratuitous redundancy of forms and equated beauty with utility and functionality; it became the vehicle of modernity. When the ancient city of Pompeii was drawn entirely within the perimeter of its walls, the creators went further: they revived the streets, opened the doors of the houses in color, and resurrected the ancient Pompeians. This book invites us to share the enchantment of the 18th and 19th century public, who revisited a fragment of the ancient world preserved by nature and uncontaminated by seventeen centuries of civilization.
1738-1748: Herculaneum and Pompeii, the cities buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, rose from their ashes and revealed a harvest of treasures to modern eyes. The event acted as a detonator and triggered a metamorphosis of taste in Europe. The rediscovered genius of the Ancients was hailed, and the united arts immediately made it accessible to all. The neo-antique style rejected the gratuitous redundancy of forms and equated beauty with utility and functionality; it became the vehicle of modernity. When the ancient city of Pompeii was drawn entirely within the perimeter of its walls, the creators went further: they revived the streets, opened the doors of the houses in color, and resurrected the ancient Pompeians. This book invites us to share the enchantment of the 18th and 19th century public, who revisited a fragment of the ancient world preserved by nature and uncontaminated by seventeen centuries of civilization.