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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 728.80937 EAN: 9780892367665 ISBN: 0892367660 Label: Getty Publications Manufacturer: Getty Publications Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 416 Publication Date: January 10, 2005 Publisher: Getty Publications Studio: Getty Publications Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: This is a major study of illusionistic wall painting in the Roman houses of Pompeii and Herculaneum, as well as those in Boscoreale, Oplontis, and Rome itself. Two essays precede a magnificently illustrated guide to twenty-eight important villas with 350 color illustrations. Average Rating:
 Rating: - A Must Have BookI saw a copy of Domus while in Naples and knew I would have to order a copy when I returned home. The book is beautifully produced with an excellent essay by Donatella Mazzolini on the architecture of Roman houses, focusing on those under discussion in Pompeii, Herculaneum and Rome. This is followed by an essay by Umberto Pappalando on the Domus Romana, focusing on the development of houses and gardens. As good as these essays are it is the pages dealing with the houses themselves that is jaw ... Read More Rating: - Fabulous in every respectA wonderful work in all respects - scholarship, printing, presentation, photography. Some of the paintings are more like wall paper samples, the paper and printing is that good. Another great work in the Getty catalog. A must have for any serious student of Roman Art/Architecture. 
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