Ivo Van Der Graaff

The Fortifications of Pompeii and Ancient Italy (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book places fortifications at the centre of the historical development of the city and argues that Pompeii's walls constituted a dynamic and ideologically freighted monument central to the image of the city and its identity. Drawing on archaeological, social, historical, visual, and literary evidence, this study, the first of its kind, captures the changing multivalent political, religious, and social meanings behind the Pompeian fortifications. The product is a unique insight into how the inhabitants of Pompeii imagined their city throughout its history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429868405
• Artikelnr.: 55438764

Autorenporträt

Ivo van der Graaff is Associate Professor of Art History at the University of New Hampshire, Durham. He earned his MA in Mediterranean Archaeology from the University of Amsterdam and his PhD in Art History from the University of Texas at Austin, with a focus on Greek and Roman Art and Architecture. Dr. van der Graaff has participated in archaeological research projects in the Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, and Italy. He co-directs and collaborates on projects examining the ancient Bay of Naples and Etruria.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
List of Figures
List of Color Plates
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 Prolegomena to the City Walls of Pompeii
The city walls and the urbanization of Pompeii
Excavating the fortifications
2 Defense and the Genesis of the Community
The fortifications and the city
The Orthostat wall
The Altstadt as nucleus to Pompeii
Walls, gods, politics and the early community
3 A New Enceinte for a New City
Reconstructing the Samnite Circuit
Achieving an ornamental effect
Gates and towers in the first Samnite circuit
Upgrading the defenses
Emphasizing the transition through the fortifications
Reaching new heights: opus incertum and the next phase of construction
New elements to old gates
The towers
4 Establishing an Image for Samnite Pompeii
Calibrating the image of the expanding city
Building materials and the image of Pompeii
Samnite Pompeii defines its image
Fortifications and the urban network
The image of the high Samnite city
Patronage and display at the walls
Naming the fortifications
5 The Fortifications and the Roman Colony
The walls of the colony
Reconstructing the walls
The development of the gates
Change and continuity in the towers
The changing role of the fortifications
6 The Fortifications and Roman Pompeii
Adjusting the civic image
The significance of an entertainment district: the fortifications, the amphitheater, and the palaestra
Claiming public land
Fortifications and the tomb: dialogues in social order
City walls in the domestic sphere: reflections of urban and social ideals
7 The Fortifications of Pompeii in their Broader Context
Military tactics influences and design
The closest parallel to the Pompeian circuit
Masonry, fortifications, and the definition of a city
Polychrome masonry and city walls
Towers and the ornamentation of the city
Patronage and the concept of the city
8 Fortifications and Religion
The development of Venus Pompeiana
Religion, fortifications, and identity outside of Pompeii
Patronage, religion and power at the gates
Glossary
Bibliography
Index