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The Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii : ancient ritual, modern muse / Elaine K. Gazda, editor ; with the assistance of Catherine Hammer, Brenda Longfellow, Molly Swetnam-Burland.

Contributor(s): Gazda, Elaine K, 1943- | Hammer, Catherine | Longfellow, Brenda, student | Swetnam-Burland, Molly | Kelsey Museum of Archaeology | University of Michigan. Museum of ArtMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Ann Arbor : Seattle, WA : Kelsey Museum of Archaeology and the University of Michigan Museum of Art ; Distributed by University of Washington Press, 2000. Description: xiii, 262 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, plans ; 28 cmISBN: 1930561024Subject(s): Villa of the Mysteries (Pompeii) -- Exhibitions | Villa of the Mysteries frescoes (Mural painting) -- Exhibitions | Mysteries, Religious -- Italy -- Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Exhibitions | Mural painting and decoration, Greco-Roman -- Italy -- Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Exhibitions | Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Exhibitions
Contents:
Introduction : ancient and modern contexts of the Bacchic murals in the Villa of the Mysteries / Elaine K. Gazda -- The god of the vine : a note on nomenclature / Drew Wilburn -- The geography and history of Campania and Pompeii / Drew Wilburn -- A gendered space? : location and function of Room 5 in the Villa of the Mysteries / Brenda Longfellow -- Women, ritual, and social standing in Roman Italy / Catherine Hammer -- The god of fertility in Room 5 of the Villa of the Mysteries / Drew Wilburn -- Bacchus/Liber in Pompeii : a religious context for the Villa of the Mysteries frieze / Molly Swetnam-Burland -- Bacchic imagery and cult practice in Roman Italy / Elizabeth de Grummond -- The search for the origins of the Villa of the Mysteries frieze / Jessica M. Davis -- Nuptial imagery in the Villa of the Mysteries frieze : south Italian and Sicilian precedents / Shoshanna S. Kirk -- Liber and Venus in the Villa of the Mysteries / Brenda Longfellow -- Maria Barosso, Francis Kelsey, and the modern representation of an ancient masterpiece / Elizabeth de Grummond -- Ancient mysteries, modern meanings / Diane Kirkpatrick -- The catalogue : women and cult in ancient Italy (1-68) ; The Villa of the Mysteries from antiquity to the present (69-111).
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Shelf 23 - Main Room 		A3b ARBOR 29604 Not for loan BOOKS-000000022545

"Published on the occasion of ... an exhibition organized by and exhibited at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology and the University of Michigan Museum of Art, October 1-November 19, 2000"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-261).

Introduction : ancient and modern contexts of the Bacchic murals in the Villa of the Mysteries / Elaine K. Gazda -- The god of the vine : a note on nomenclature / Drew Wilburn -- The geography and history of Campania and Pompeii / Drew Wilburn -- A gendered space? : location and function of Room 5 in the Villa of the Mysteries / Brenda Longfellow -- Women, ritual, and social standing in Roman Italy / Catherine Hammer -- The god of fertility in Room 5 of the Villa of the Mysteries / Drew Wilburn -- Bacchus/Liber in Pompeii : a religious context for the Villa of the Mysteries frieze / Molly Swetnam-Burland -- Bacchic imagery and cult practice in Roman Italy / Elizabeth de Grummond -- The search for the origins of the Villa of the Mysteries frieze / Jessica M. Davis -- Nuptial imagery in the Villa of the Mysteries frieze : south Italian and Sicilian precedents / Shoshanna S. Kirk -- Liber and Venus in the Villa of the Mysteries / Brenda Longfellow -- Maria Barosso, Francis Kelsey, and the modern representation of an ancient masterpiece / Elizabeth de Grummond -- Ancient mysteries, modern meanings / Diane Kirkpatrick -- The catalogue : women and cult in ancient Italy (1-68) ; The Villa of the Mysteries from antiquity to the present (69-111).