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- catalog abstract ""Few sources reveal the life of the ancient Romans as vividly as do the houses preserved by the eruption of Vesuvius. Wealthy Romans lavished resources on shaping their surroundings to impress their crowds of visitors. The fashions they set were taken up and imitated by ordinary citizens. In this illustrated book, Andrew Wallace-Hadrill explores the rich potential of the houses of Pompeii and Herculaneum to offer new insights into Roman social life. Exposing misconceptions derived from contemporary culture, he shows the close interconnection of spheres we take as discrete: public and private, family and outsiders, work and leisure." "Combining archaeological evidence with Roman texts and comparative material from other cultures, Wallace-Hadrill raises a range of new questions. How did the organization of space and the use of decoration help to structure social encounters between owner and visitor, man and woman, master and slave? What sort of "households" did the inhabitants of the Roman house form? How did the world of work relate to that of entertainment and leisure? How widely did the luxuries of the rich spread among the houses of craftsmen and shopkeepers? Through analysis of the remains of over two hundred houses, Wallace-Hadrill reveals the remarkably dynamic social environment of early imperial Italy, and the vital part that houses came to play in defining what it meant to live as a Roman."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b5223010.
- catalog coverage "Herculaneum (Extinct city) Buildings, structures, etc.".
- catalog coverage "Herculaneum (Extinct city) Social life and customs.".
- catalog coverage "Pompeii (Extinct city) Buildings, structures, etc.".
- catalog coverage "Pompeii (Extinct city) Social life and customs.".
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description ""Few sources reveal the life of the ancient Romans as vividly as do the houses preserved by the eruption of Vesuvius. Wealthy Romans lavished resources on shaping their surroundings to impress their crowds of visitors. The fashions they set were taken up and imitated by ordinary citizens. In this illustrated book, Andrew Wallace-Hadrill explores the rich potential of the houses of Pompeii and Herculaneum to offer new insights into Roman social life. Exposing misconceptions derived from contemporary culture, he shows the close interconnection of spheres we take as discrete: public and private, family and outsiders, work and leisure." "Combining archaeological evidence with Roman texts and comparative material from other cultures, Wallace-Hadrill raises a range of new questions. How did the organization of space and the use of decoration help to structure social encounters between owner and visitor, man and woman, master and slave? What sort of "households" did the inhabitants of the Roman house form? How did the world of work relate to that of entertainment and leisure? How widely did the luxuries of the rich spread among the houses of craftsmen and shopkeepers? Through analysis of the remains of over two hundred houses, Wallace-Hadrill reveals the remarkably dynamic social environment of early imperial Italy, and the vital part that houses came to play in defining what it meant to live as a Roman."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-240) and index.".
- catalog description "pt. 1. The social structure of the Roman house: Reading the Roman house -- The language of public and private -- The articulation of the house. pt. 2. Sampling Pompeii and Herculaneum: Houses and urban texture -- Houses and households -- Houses and trade -- Luxury and status. Appendix: List of houses surveyed.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 244 p., [8] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0691029091 (pbk.)".
- catalog identifier "0691069875".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Herculaneum (Extinct city) Buildings, structures, etc.".
- catalog spatial "Herculaneum (Extinct city) Social life and customs.".
- catalog spatial "Italy Herculaneum (Extinct city)".
- catalog spatial "Italy Pompeii (Extinct city)".
- catalog spatial "Pompeii (Extinct city) Buildings, structures, etc.".
- catalog spatial "Pompeii (Extinct city) Social life and customs.".
- catalog subject "307.3/3616/09377 20".
- catalog subject "Architecture, Domestic Italy Herculaneum (Extinct city)".
- catalog subject "Architecture, Domestic Italy Pompeii (Extinct city)".
- catalog subject "DG70.P7 W33 1994".
- catalog subject "Material culture Italy Herculaneum (Extinct city)".
- catalog subject "Material culture Italy Pompeii (Extinct city)".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. 1. The social structure of the Roman house: Reading the Roman house -- The language of public and private -- The articulation of the house. pt. 2. Sampling Pompeii and Herculaneum: Houses and urban texture -- Houses and households -- Houses and trade -- Luxury and status. Appendix: List of houses surveyed.".
- catalog title "Houses and society in Pompeii and Herculaneum / Andrew Wallace-Hadrill.".
- catalog type "text".