Rediscovering Antiquity: Karl Weber and the Excavation of Herculaneum, Pompeii and Stabiae (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521646642)

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.

Author: Christopher Charles Parslow
ISBN-10: 0521646642
ISBN-13: 9780521646642
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/13/1998
Pages: 418
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 10.00h x 6.90w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2000 pg. 32