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000432994 1001_ $$aDwyer, Eugene J.
000432994 24510 $$aPompeii's living statues :$$bancient Roman lives stolen from death /$$cEugene Dwyer.
000432994 260__ $$aAnn Arbor :$$bUniversity of Michigan Press,$$cc2010.
000432994 300__ $$axiii, 159 p., [24] p. of plates :$$bill. ;$$c24 cm.
000432994 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000432994 5050_ $$aForerunners -- First impressions -- Second thoughts.
000432994 5201_ $$a""By focusing on Pompeii's most iconic finds, Dwyer has produced a masterful account of how changing attitudes and political circumstances profoundly affected the presentation and preservation of this famous city."--J. T. Berry, Swansea University" "In AD 79, Mt. Vesuvius erupted in two stages, killing thousands of people and animals in Pompeii and burying them in ash and mud. During excavations of the town in 1863, Giuseppe Fiorelli, the director of the dig, poured plaster of paris into a cavity under the soil revealed by a workman's pick. When the plaster set and the mound was uncovered, all were amazed to see the secret that the ground had held for 1,800 years: a detailed cast of an ancient Pompeian such as no one had seen before, frozen in the instant of dying and complete in every respect, including outlines of the clothes he was wearing at the time of the destruction." "In AD 79, Mt. Vesuvius erupted in two stages. While the first stage was incredibly destructive, it was the second stage, a so-called pyroclastic flow, that inundated Pompeii with a combination of superheated gases, pumice, and rocks, killing thousands of people and animals and burying them in ash and mud." "During excavations of the town in 1863, Giuseppe Fiorelli, the director of the dig, poured plaster of paris into a cavity under the soil revealed by a workman's pick. When the plaster set and the mound was uncovered, all were amazed to see the secret that the ground had held for 1,800 years: a detailed cast of an ancient Pompeian such as no one had seen before, frozen in the instant of dying and complete in every respect, including outlines of the clothes he was wearing at the time of the destruction. The bodies, photographed and exhibited in the specially built Pompeii Museum, completely changed the world's ideas of life in ancient Italy.".
000432994 5208_ $$a"Pompeii's Living Statues is a narrative account, supported by contemporary documents, of the remarkable discovery of those ancient victims preserved in the volcanic mud of Vesuvius." "Eugene Dwyer examines these casts and related records, the originals of a number of which (along with their museum) were lost in World War II bombing. As he considers the casts as archaeological and cultural pieces, he also discusses Pompeii and its artifacts in the context of Italian unification and party politics, the development of modern excavation methods, and the challenges of maintaining a very large archaeological site. Dwyer's clear organization and writing style, combined with a collection of photographs and engravings, make for a fascinating exploration of Pompeii and its victims."--BOOK JACKET.
000432994 60010 $$aFiorelli, Giuseppe,$$d1823-1895.
000432994 650_0 $$aExcavations (Archaeology)$$zItaly$$zPompeii (Extinct city)
000432994 650_0 $$aHuman remains (Archaeology)$$zItaly$$zPompeii (Extinct city)$$xHistory.
000432994 650_0 $$aDisaster victims$$zItaly$$zPompeii (Extinct city)$$xHistory.
000432994 650_0 $$aPlaster casts$$xHistory.
000432994 650_0 $$aFigure sculpture$$zItaly$$zPompeii (Extinct city)$$xHistory.
000432994 650_0 $$aDead in art$$xHistory.
000432994 650_0 $$aArchaeology and history$$zItaly$$zPompeii (Extinct city)
000432994 651_0 $$aPompeii (Extinct city)$$xAntiquities.
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