Pompeii, Its Life and Art

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Author

Mau, August, 1840-1909

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Produced by Melissa McDaniel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

DG: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Italy, Vatican City, Malta

Subject

Pompeii (Extinct city)

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Text

eBook-No.

42715

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42715

Release Date

May 16, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.POMPEII ITS LIFE AND ART
2. 2.PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
3. 3.PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.ILLUSTRATIONS
6. 6.INTRODUCTION — CHAPTER I THE SITUATION OF POMPEII — CHAPTER II BEFORE 79 — CHAPTER III THE CITY OVERWHELMED — CHAPTER IV THE UNEARTHING OF THE CITY — NOTES TO PLAN I — CHAPTER V A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW — CHAPTER VI BUILDING MATERIALS, CONSTRUCTION, AND ARCHITECTURAL PERIODS
7. 7.PART I PUBLIC PLACES AND BUILDINGS — CHAPTER VII THE FORUM — CHAPTER VIII GENERAL VIEW OF THE BUILDINGS ABOUT THE FORUM—THE TEMPLE OF JUPITER — CHAPTER IX THE BASILICA — CHAPTER X THE TEMPLE OF APOLLO — CHAPTER XI THE BUILDINGS AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE FORUM, AND THE TABLE OF STANDARD MEASURES — CHAPTER XII THE MACELLUM — CHAPTER XIII THE SANCTUARY OF THE CITY LARES — CHAPTER XIV THE TEMPLE OF VESPASIAN — CHAPTER XV THE BUILDING OF EUMACHIA — CHAPTER XVI THE COMITIUM — CHAPTER XVII THE MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS — CHAPTER XVIII THE TEMPLE OF VENUS POMPEIANA — CHAPTER XIX THE TEMPLE OF FORTUNA AUGUSTA — CHAPTER XX GENERAL VIEW OF THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS NEAR THE STABIAN GATE—THE FORUM TRIANGULARE AND THE DORIC TEMPLE — CHAPTER XXI THE LARGE THEATRE — CHAPTER XXII THE SMALL THEATRE — CHAPTER XXIII THE THEATRE COLONNADE, USED AS BARRACKS FOR GLADIATORS — CHAPTER XXIV THE PALAESTRA — CHAPTER XXV THE TEMPLE OF ISIS — CHAPTER XXVI THE TEMPLE OF ZEUS MILICHIUS — CHAPTER XXVII THE BATHS AT POMPEII.—THE STABIAN BATHS — CHAPTER XXVIII THE BATHS NEAR THE FORUM — CHAPTER XXIX THE CENTRAL BATHS — CHAPTER XXX THE AMPHITHEATRE — CHAPTER XXXI STREETS, WATER SYSTEM, AND WAYSIDE SHRINES — CHAPTER XXXII THE DEFENCES OF THE CITY
8. 8.PART II THE HOUSES — CHAPTER XXXIII THE POMPEIAN HOUSE — I. Vestibule, Fauces, and Front Door — II. The Atrium — III. The Tablinum — IV. The Alae — V. The Rooms about the Atrium. The Andron — VI. Garden, Peristyle, and Rooms about the Peristyle — VII. Sleeping Rooms — VIII. Dining Rooms — IX. The Kitchen, the Bath, and the Storerooms — X. The Shrine of the Household Gods — XI. Second Story Rooms — XII. The Shops — XIII. Walls, Floors, and Windows — CHAPTER XXXIV THE HOUSE OF THE SURGEON — CHAPTER XXXV THE HOUSE OF SALLUST — CHAPTER XXXVI THE HOUSE OF THE FAUN — CHAPTER 310VII A HOUSE NEAR THE PORTA MARINA — CHAPTER XXXVIII THE HOUSE OF THE SILVER WEDDING — CHAPTER XXXIX THE HOUSE OF EPIDIUS RUFUS — CHAPTER XL THE HOUSE OF THE TRAGIC POET — CHAPTER XLI THE HOUSE OF THE VETTII — CHAPTER XLII THREE HOUSES OF UNUSUAL PLAN — I. The House of Acceptus and Euhodia — II. A House without a Compluvium — III. The House of the Emperor Joseph II — CHAPTER XLIII OTHER NOTEWORTHY HOUSES — CHAPTER XLIV ROMAN VILLAS.—THE VILLA OF DIOMEDES — CHAPTER XLV THE VILLA RUSTICA AT BOSCOREALE — CHAPTER XLVI HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
9. 9.PART III TRADES AND OCCUPATIONS — CHAPTER XLVII THE TRADES AT POMPEII.—THE BAKERS — CHAPTER XLVIII THE FULLERS AND THE TANNERS — CHAPTER XLIX INNS AND WINESHOPS
10. 10.PART IV THE TOMBS — CHAPTER L POMPEIAN BURIAL PLACES.—THE STREET OF TOMBS — CHAPTER LI BURIAL PLACES NEAR THE NOLA, STABIAN, AND NOCERA GATES
11. 11.PART V POMPEIAN ART — CHAPTER LII ARCHITECTURE — CHAPTER LIII SCULPTURE — CHAPTER LIV PAINTING.—WALL DECORATION — CHAPTER LV THE PAINTINGS
12. 12.PART VI THE INSCRIPTIONS OF POMPEII — CHAPTER LVI IMPORTANCE OF THE INSCRIPTIONS.—MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS AND PUBLIC NOTICES — CHAPTER LVII THE GRAFFITI — CHAPTER LVIII INSCRIPTIONS RELATING TO BUSINESS AFFAIRS
13. 13.CONCLUSION — CHAPTER LIX SIGNIFICANCE OF THE POMPEIAN CULTURE
14. 14.BIBLIOGRAPHICAL APPENDIX [4]
15. 15.INDEX
16. 16.FOOTNOTES

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