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Amagnificent collection of stylised reproductions of Pompeii's pictorial treasures by a leading antiquities photographer. The catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 - freeze-framing a ripe moment in time - bestowed upon posterity an incalculable heritage of art and knowledge in the miraculously well-preserved remains of the city of Pompeii. This volume of lush colour images taken by renowned photographer Araldo De Luca, takes readers inside the houses and into the secrets of one of the most charming sites of classical antiquity. Accompanying the photos, which are presented in a distinguished stylized format, are accessible texts that elucidate the daily life, the mythic and heroic imagination, and the religious customs and beliefs of the ancient Romans. AUTHORS: Antonella Magagnini, curator in Rome's Capitoline Museums, is a former professor at the University of Rome. Araldo De Luca is an eminent photographer with an archive of 60,000 images considered among the most highly prized in the world. His work has appeared in White Star's Egyptian Treasures from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and other books. ILLUSTRATIONS: 95 colour photographs

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"Antonella Magagnini, an archaeologist, is an administrator at the Capitoline Museum in Rome and professor of Etruscology and Italic Archaeology. Her particular interests are Rome's earliest phases; collecting , and 19th century museology. For white Star Publishers Ms. Magagnini contributed ""Joys of the Etruscan Aristocracy"" in the volume: The Great Treasures - The goldsmith's art from Ancient Egypt to the 20th century (1998) and The Etruscans - History and Treasures of Ancient Civilizations. (2008) Araldo De Luca is considered one of the greatest photographers of statuary and ornaments. Since 1995 his photographs (numbering some 60,000) of art objects have been part of his photographic archives, which are among the world's most valued and appreciated White Star Publishers have published his photogrpahs in the following books: Egyptian Treasures from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo (1999), Tutankhamun (2000), The Treasures of Ancient Egypt (2001), Valley of the Kings (2001), Ramesses II (2002), Treasures of the Pyramids (2003), Pompeii (2004) and The Eternal Army (2005)"

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