Pompeiana, the Topography, Edifices and Ornaments of PompeiiH. G. Bohn, 1852 - 208 pagine |
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Pompeiana: The Topography, Edifices and Ornaments of Pompeii Sir William Gell,John Peter formerly J. P. Gandy Deering,John Peter Gandy Visualizzazione completa - 1852 |
Pompeiana: The Topography, Edifices and Ornaments of Pompeii Sir William Gell,John Peter formerly J. P. Gandy Deering,John Peter Gandy Visualizzazione completa - 1852 |
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Brani popolari
Pagina 29 - ... it appeared sometimes Bright and sometimes dark and spotted, as it was more or less impregnated with earth and cinders.
Pagina 64 - ... aperture on the road side), was a ground floor, with extensive arcades and open rooms, all facing the garden ; and above were the principal rooms. It was spacious, and near the entrance was a bath with all the necessary appendages; in the rear the best rooms opened upon a terrace, running the whole width of the house, and overlooking a garden about 30 yards square, surrounded by a covered walk or portico continued under the terrace.
Pagina 48 - ... the greatest men of the republic. None but those of the highest rank were eligible' to the office of superintending that service, and we find Augustus himself taking the charge of a district. The Appian Way, the most ancient as well as most noble, being distinguished by the epithet of regina viarum, as originally made by Appius Claudius the Censor, extended from Rome to Capua...
Pagina 205 - ... entering each sign of the Zodiac ; and, consequently, at every point in his path through the ecliptic. They likewise point out the hours of the day ; the shadow descending with the rising, and again ascending with the declining sun. The Academy observe, that in suspending, to make use of this instrument, the side should be presented to the sun ; and when the extremity of the shadow of the gnomon reaches the vertical line marked with the name of the actual month, the horizontal intersection will...
Pagina 6 - ... twenty feet. Separating the whole into five portions, we shall find the first three to consist of pumice-stone in small pieces resembling a light white cinder, and covering the pavement to the depth of twelve feet : the next portion is composed of six parts, beginning with a stratum of small black stones, not more than...
Pagina 71 - Pompeii, and remarkable in being covered with extremely low relievos,1 painted, of gladiatorial combats. The gladiators of Ampliatus, whose names and fate appear to have been written over their likenesses, lions, bears, panthers, bulls, wolves, and rabbits, with dogs, stags, and nondescripts, all seem to have been brought upon the scene for the entertainment of the Pompeians, and satisfaction of Scaurus
Pagina 48 - It was composed of three strata ; the lower, of rough stones or flint cemented together, formed a foundation or statumen ; the middle stratum or rudera was of gravel ; the upper of well-jointed stones of irregular forms. It remains in many places perfect to the present day.
Pagina 109 - The smallest apartments were lined with stucco, painted in the most brilliant and endless variety of colours, in compartments simply tinted with a light ground, surrounded by an ornamental margin, and sometimes embellished with a single figure or subject in the centre, or at equal distances.
Pagina 32 - At length, preceded by a strong sulphurous stench, a black and dreadful cloud, skirted on every side by forked lightning, burst into a train of fire and igneous vapour, descended over the surface of the ocean, and covered the whole bay of the crater...
Pagina 166 - In the commonwealths of Athens and Rome, the modest simplicity of private houses announced the equal condition of freedom; whilst the sovereignty of the people was represented in the majestic edifices destined to the public use:71 nor was this republican spirit totally extinguished by the introduction of wealth and monarchy.