The Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii : ancient ritual, modern muse / Elaine K. Gazda, editor ; with the assistance of Catherine Hammer, Brenda Longfellow, Molly Swetnam-Burland.
Ann Arbor : Kelsey Museum of Archaeology : University of Michigan Museum of Art, 2000.
©2000
xiii, 262 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 28 cm
This is a catalogue of an exhibition by the Kelsey Museum at the University of Michigan which focused on a cycle of frescoes found in 1990 at the well-known villa on the outskirts of ancient Pompeii. Probably painted around 60 BC, the cycle depicts young women probably being initiated into the cult of Bacchus (Dionysus) in preparation for marriage. The catalogue presents a number of objects connected with the villa, as well as the reconstruction watercolours commissioned by Francis Willey Kelsey, founder of the museum, from Maria Barosso, an artist working in Rome at the time of the frescoes' discovery. Even more interesting are the ten essays that precede the artefacts, which focus on `women and cult in the art of Roman Italy' and have been developed out of a research group led by Gazda.
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Villa of the Mysteries (Pompeii)
Villa des Mystères (Pompéi)
Villa of the Mysteries frescoes (Mural painting)
Mysteries, Religious.
Women and religion Rome.
Mural painting and decoration Italy Pompeii (Extinct city)
Mystères religieux.
Fresques de la villa des Mystères.
Femmes et religion Rome.
21.11 wall painting.
Buildings.
Mural painting and decoration.
Women and religion.
Muurschilderingen.
Villa dei Misteri.
Women in art
Art, Ancient Italy Pompeii (Extinct city)
Pompeii (Extinct city) Buildings, structures, etc.
Pompéi (Ville ancienne) Constructions.
Italy Pompeii (Extinct city)
Rome (Empire)
Pompéi (ville ancienne) Villa dei misteri.
Exhibition catalogs.
Gazda, Elaine K., 1943- editor.
Hammer, Catherine, editor
Longfellow, Brenda, 1973- editor.
Swetnam-Burland, Molly, editor
Gazda, Elaine K., 1943-
Hammer, Catherine
Longfellow, Brenda, 1973-
Swetnam-Burland, Molly
Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
University of Michigan. Museum of Art
Location: Library main 217620
Call No.: N5770 .V5 2000
Status: Available
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