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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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An essential book for learning about the architecture of Pompeii. This is intended to be a scholarly work for people with a serious interest in the subject. It hardly deserves two stars because it's not written in the style of a comic book. Grown-ups, mature lay-readers, and professionals will want to add this to their collections.
Published on October 2, 2005 by Wayne A.
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7 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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Dry, But Scholarly: An Important Architectural Survey
First, a warning: do not buy this book if you're thinking of curling up by the fire at home during the weekend, lying back, and learning about the colorful and exotic world of ancient Pompeii and foreign Roman society via colorful and provocative pictures of ruins and paintings. This book is purely an architectural study. But it's material like this that's used by...
Published on April 3, 2000 by Judd Michael Conrad
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Pompeii: An Architectural History (Paperback)
An essential book for learning about the architecture of Pompeii. This is intended to be a scholarly work for people with a serious interest in the subject. It hardly deserves two stars because it's not written in the style of a comic book. Grown-ups, mature lay-readers, and professionals will want to add this to their collections.
7 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Dry, But Scholarly: An Important Architectural Survey,
This review is from: Pompeii: An Architectural History (Paperback)
First, a warning: do not buy this book if you're thinking of curling up by the fire at home during the weekend, lying back, and learning about the colorful and exotic world of ancient Pompeii and foreign Roman society via colorful and provocative pictures of ruins and paintings.This book is purely an architectural study. But it's material like this that's used by other writers to scribe the interesting books with lotsa pictures. Hey, I didn't enjoy reading it during my Pompeii class, I probably wouldn't have read it at all if the Prof hadn't assigned it, but it helped me to familiarize the city of Pompeii and its principal ruins. And I'm not saying that I did great in the class either, but the book helped. There are no pictures. But anyone who's REALLY interested in Pompeii should read this. Also, buy the paperback: it's much less expensive and easier to carry. Peace. |
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Pompeii: An Architectural History by Lawrence Richardson (Hardcover - May 1, 1988)
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