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Fausto & Felice Niccolini. Houses and Monuments of Pompeii Hardcover – October 28, 2016

Multilingual Edition by Valentin Kockel (Author), Sebastian Schütze (Author)

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When the excavations at Pompeii were 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 documented the buildings, frescos, statues, as well as the most ordinary everyday objects, 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.

The Niccolinis’ goal was to illustrate all aspects of life in the antique city. 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 over 400 color plates providing not only views, maps, and groundplans of the city and its public buildings, but also offered unprecedented access to Pompeii’s private residences. 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 total, the plates illustrated more than 1,000 items, each extensively specified and located for the first time, making the publication a major reference in Pompeii research. 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.

This meticulous facsimile revives the Niccolinis’ extraordinary achievement with all color plates and two introductory essays setting the project in its contemporary context and presenting the historical protagonists of the Vesuvian excavations. In addition, we explore the remarkable influence exerted by Pompeian art―and by the haunting plaster casts made of victims of the eruption―on the visual arts. 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.

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October 28, 2016
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3836556871
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978-3836556873
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“TASCHEN resurrects [the Niccolini brothers’] achievement in this sumptuous tome.” ― The Guardian

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Sebastian 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.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ TASCHEN; Multilingual edition (October 28, 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ Multilingual
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 648 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 3836556871
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3836556873
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.57 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 16 x 3.5 x 19 inches

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An Outstanding book for your coffee table or reading stand

Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2018

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If you are interested in Roman painting this an excellent book with beautiful renderings of paintings many of which no longer exist or are
heavily damaged over the time since discovery (c 1750-1900) to the present. If you visit Pompeii you might want to bring a packet of
the paintings (in the book there are sets for various houses and some taken from the Naples museum which were excavated earlier
and thus of unknown provenance except for city). Another advantage is that many of the illustrations show the settings of paintings
at the time of discovery when the "art" was removed to the museum and the remainder of the wall was left to decay The general
practice until the 1860's and depending on the quality even later especially in lesser houses.

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Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2021

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I would suggest to anyone with a serious interest in Pompeii

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L. Stevens

Great looking book with lots to see inside! Gorgeous in every way.

Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2017

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Beautiful package and beautiful interior. If you love interior design you will find value in both the look of this oversized coffee table book as well as the historically significant details of the homes of Pompeii found between the exquisite covers. The great influence the rediscovery of Pompeii had on design is reason enough to have this volume. The overall presentation is a bonus. BTW this book is HUGE!

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Cynthia

makes a wonderful addition to those interested

Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2017

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Outstanding scholarship; makes a wonderful addition to those interested. I also recommend Pompeii: The History, Life and Art of the Buried City by by Marisa Ranieri Panetta, an incredibly beautiful book.

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Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2017

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100% happy about this. This book is amazing and recive so much more that i paid for :D

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J. Hardin

As seen just after discovery in 19th c

Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2017

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Excellent views of old Pompeii as seen in 19th c.

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Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2016

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Fabulous. We are thrilled with this magnificent book!

Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2017

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Beautiful book.

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A great addition to my collection

Reviewed in Canada on February 16, 2018

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Every page has a nicer image than the rest. Great quality paper and very vivid images.

J.R.

Máxima aproximación a la realidad.

Reviewed in Spain on April 20, 2019

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- El tema tratado, esta vez arqueologico.
-El esmero en cuanto a la edicion. Casi se logra la perfeccion.
- La calidad de los materiales empleados: papel, fotografia, tintas, etc.
- Encuadernacion y presentacion inmejorables.

No hay nada que desmerezca la obra editada.
En cuanto a lo que no me ha gustado, solo puedo decir que queda anulado por el buen trabajo que se ha desarrollado para poder presentar
- El formato es ideal para sacar todo el partido a las ilustraciones que contiene.
En cuanto a lo que no me ha gustado:
- Puede decirse que no hay nada que pueda desmerecer el trabajo desarrollado para la edicion
- El formato es ideal para la variedad de ilustraciones p

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mireille barre

envoi ne correspondant pas à ce que je croyais : ce n'est pas un livre

Reviewed in France on April 16, 2019

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je l'ai acheté en croyant que c'était un livre et à sa reception j'ai vu que c'était un énorme paquet peut être de fiches que je n'ai pas ouvert ! depuis j'essaie de le renvoyer en vain !

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Guy Mannering

It's just as well it comes in a sturdy cardboard carrying case with a handle attached

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 15, 2017

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There's no shortage of very large and heavy tomes on the subject of Pompeii (e.g. those edited by Filippo Coarelli and by Marisa Ranieri Panetta) but for sheer size and heft this new Taschen publication must surely take the biscuit. It's certainly a big beast, a veritable mastodon in fact. Do not buy it if you have weak wrists. It's just as well it comes in a sturdy cardboard carrying case with a handle attached.

There was already a very handsome Getty publication offering a selection of the Niccolini plates but this Taschen publication gives us the complete series and hence has three times as many pages, You get to see a wonderful panorama of the frescoes, mosaics, statues, objets d'art and everyday items that had been brought to light during the course of the 19th century. If I have a slight criticism of this Taschen publication it would be that the colour reproduction is marginally not as rich or as sharp as in the Getty one - I'm not sure if this is due to the type of matt paper used in the former versus the glossy paper of the latter - but I don't wish to make too much of this point. This is a magnificent publication, the ultimate fix for all Pompeii junkies, and whilst the RRP of £135 looks a bit daunting there are Amazon partners offering new copies for about £75 and at that sort of price it really is great value. If you order a copy make sure to visit the gym and pump iron before handling it and ensure your bookshelf is supported by strong screws.

Incidentally. it took me some time to figure out how to open the carrying case without damaging it - there are two small but not very obvious tabs either side of the handle that need to be pulled out so as to get the cardboard covers to come apart easily.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 1, 2021

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Amazing book. Quality is outstanding. Made such a great and appreciated Christmas gift. Impressive edit. It is a massive size album of beautiful reprints. Customer service is amazing. Thank you

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