{"product_id":"fausto-felice-niccolini-houses-and-monuments-of-pompeii-45th-ed-9783754400197","title":"Fausto \u0026 Felice Niccolini: Houses and Monuments of Pompeii. 45th Ed.","description":"\u003cp\u003eA facsimile of Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei, Fausto and Felice Niccolini's extraordinary Pompeii publication, first issued in 1854 and featuring color plates of the buried Vesuvian city. An enduring archaeological masterpiece, the volume reveals maps and groundplans of Pompeii, stunning interior decoration and intimate everyday objects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the excavations at \u003cb\u003ePompeii \u003c\/b\u003ewere first placed on a  scholarly archaeological footing in the 19th century, brothers Fausto  and Felice Niccolini were close at hand and ready to respond. Making use  of the newly introduced technique of color lithography, they \u003cb\u003edocumented the buildings, frescos, statues, as well as the most ordinary everyday objects\u003c\/b\u003e,  of the city buried in just 24 hours by the catastrophic eruption of  Vesuvius and preserved for over 1,600 years under a mantle of volcanic  ash.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Niccolinis' goal was to \u003cb\u003eillustrate all aspects of life in the antique city\u003c\/b\u003e. Their publication, Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei (\"The Houses and Monuments of Pompeii\"), which was issued in installments between 1854 and 1896 in Naples, presented \u003cb\u003eover 400 color plates \u003c\/b\u003eproviding not only \u003cb\u003eviews, maps, and groundplans of the city and its public buildings\u003c\/b\u003e, but also offered \u003cb\u003eunprecedented access to Pompeii's private residences\u003c\/b\u003e.  They revealed the astonishing painted wall decorations that adorned  these long-buried abodes, their intricate works of art, and the  practical utensils of everyday use, conjuring up a vivid picture of each  house as a real domestic space. In addition, \"animated\" representations visualized daily life in  Pompeii's workshops, taverns, and shops, on its public squares, and in  its temples, theaters, and baths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This meticulous facsimile revives the Niccolinis' extraordinary  achievement with selected color plates and two introductory essays setting  the project in its contemporary context and presenting the historical  protagonists of the Vesuvian excavations. In addition, \u003cb\u003ewe  explore the remarkable influence exerted by Pompeian art-and by the  haunting plaster casts made of victims of the eruption-on the visual  arts\u003c\/b\u003e. Across painting, sculpture, and interior design, we trace  the Pompeii legacy in the work of Robert Adam, Anton Raphael Mengs,  Angelika Kaufmann, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Lawrence Alma-Tadema,  Pablo Picasso, and Giorgio de Chirico, right through to recent masters  Duane Hanson and George Segal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9783754400197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 30 Oct 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Taschen GmbH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: Cologne, Germany\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 21.7(H)x15.6(L)x3.4(W)1144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 1144\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eSebastian Schütze was a longtime research fellow at the Bibliotheca Hertziana (Max Planck Institute for Art History) in Rome. He is a member of the academic board of the Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici in Naples, and a member of the Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. From 2003 to 2009 he held the Bader Chair in Southern Baroque Art at Queen’s University in Kingston. In 2009 he was appointed professor of early modern art history at Vienna University. Valentin Kockel studied classical archaeology and obtained his doctorate in 1978 with a thesis on the necropolises of Pompeii. He has worked at the German Archaeological Institute in Rome, the Technical University of Darmstadt, and until 2014 he was Professor at Augsburg University. Kockel has headed excavations in Ostia Antica and at the Forum in Pompeii.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003eThe precious treasures of Pompeii are now secured for posterity. * Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung *","brand":"Sebastian Schütze","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51528064860377,"sku":"9783754400197","price":55.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9783754400197.jpg?v=1794035179","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/fausto-felice-niccolini-houses-and-monuments-of-pompeii-45th-ed-9783754400197","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}