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Rediscovering Antiquity: Karl Weber and the Excavation of Herculaneum, Pompeii
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Rediscovering Antiquity: Karl Weber and the Excavation of Herculaneum, Pompeii and Stabiae Hardcover - 1995

by Christopher Charles Parslow


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This 1995 book examines the early history of the excavations at three important sites of classical antiquity, which came to light in 1738 through the life and work of Karl Jakob Weber, who supervised these investigations from 1750 to 1765. While many of his contemporaries sought only the recovery of precious antiquities to the exclusion of the architectural remains, Weber sought to retrieve evidence of the ancient urban fabric and to relate his discoveries to their archaeological context, thereby establishing the first systematic approach for the excavations. He also proposed a revolutionary manner for publishing his findings, in which all of the works of art from an individual site would appear together with detailed plans, drawings, and commentary drawn from classical and modern sources. His methods were to influence all subsequent publications of contemporary rediscoveries throughout Europe. Based on original excavation documents and plans, contemporary correspondence and the extant archaeological remains.

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  • Title Rediscovering Antiquity: Karl Weber and the Excavation of Herculaneum, Pompeii and Stabiae
  • Author Christopher Charles Parslow
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 416
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press
  • Date 1995-07
  • ISBN 9780521471503 / 0521471508
  • Weight 2.84 lbs (1.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.96 x 6.97 x 1.18 in (25.30 x 17.70 x 3.00 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Pompeii (Extinct city), Herculaneum (Extinct city)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 94037541
  • Dewey Decimal Code 937.7
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