The Villa Of The Mysteries In Pompeii
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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. Most likely 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. This book is in a good condition. There is some fading to the spine and marking on the front page. The rest of the books is unmarked and undamaged.
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