The Houses of Roman Italy, 100 B.C.-A.D. 250: Ritual, Space, and Decoration by John R. Clarke- June 11, 2007 Last week I visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art and was thrilled to see wall frescoes from the Roman villas in Boscoreale. I will be visiting that archaeological site in October. In looking for reference material about the villas there, I came across this comprehensive book."In this richly illustrated book, art historian John R. Clarke helps us see the ancient Roman house "with Roman eyes." Clarke presents a range of houses, from tenements to villas, and shows us how enduring patterns of...http://uoregon.edu/~mharrsch/2007/06/houses-of-roman-italy-100-bc-ad-250.html |