Domus: Wall Painting in the Roman House Tapa dura - 2004

Getty Publications, 2005. 1. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good Minus in a Very Good Minus dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is clean and glossy with no tears, and has not been price-clipped, but previous owner's name is written inside the front jacket flap at the bottom-right corner (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards with two slightly "bumped" edge-corners; Unblemished textblock edges; Couple small paper-clip marks to the top edge pages, otherwise the endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Extra-Large Format (Folio, 12.75" - 14" tall); 7.1 lbs (Heavy); Mural illustration to jacket with title in white lettering; 2005, Getty Publications; 416 pages; "Domus: Wall Painting in the Roman House (Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum)," by Donatella Mazzoleni, et al.

Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, 2004. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 416 pages : chiefly color illustrations, plans ; 34 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-414) and index. Translated from the Italian. Contents: Architecture and illusionistic painting in the Roman house / Donatella Mazzoleni -- The domus Romana : pictorial decorations and cultural values / Umberto Pappalardo -- Catalogue of sites. The House of the Faun, Pompeii -- The Samnite House, Herculaneum -- The House of Julius Polybius, Pompeii -- The House of the Griffins, Rome, Palatine Hill -- The Villa of Publius Fannius Synistor, Boscoreale (Pompeii) -- The Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii -- The Villa of Poppea, Oplontis -- The House of the Labyrinth, Pompeii -- Odyssey landscapes on the Esquiline Hill, Rome -- The House of Livia… Leer más

Los Angeles, CA: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2004. HC. very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover). B&W and color illustrations. ISBN 0892367660 MASSIVE VOLUME - extra post may be requested. 416pp.

Getty Publications,, 2004. Hardcover in Dustjacket. FINE!. ANCIENT HISTORY / ART / ARCHITECTURESUPERIOR FINE COPY!""This guide to the frescoed walls of 28 early first-millennium Italian villas is hugely expensive, but worth it; turning its pages feels as intimate as standing in the rooms themselves. At 11 1/4""×12 3/4"", the gorgeous full-bleeds among the 350 colour illustrations (with three foldouts) on choice textured stock feel like walls, and the colors, including the subtly shaded blues of the Villa of Livia's long east wall, are superb. University of Naples architectural historian Mazzoleni contributes an essay detailing the links between Roman architecture and the lifelike perspectives of the paintings. Pappalardo, director of excavations at Herculaneum, provides texts on all the sites, most of which are in Pompeii and Herculaneum, and only partially intact. He provides commentary on the scenes of gods, animals, grand palaces, cherubs and plants, but, while informative and unobtrusive, his… Leer más

Los Angeles: The J, Paul Getty Museum, 2004 F/F-. Folio. original beige cloth in dustwrapper (a trifle rubbed); pp. 416, with illustrations. Very heavy item (4 kg), additional postage may be required for domestic and international delivery. A fine copy.. First English. Hard Cover. F/F-.