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‎Jeunesse de la Beaute: La Peinture Romaine Antique‎

‎Lavagne, Henri; Elizabeth De Balanda, Armande Aribe: Jeunesse de la Beaute: La Peinture Romaine Antique. Paris: Ars Latina, 2004. 414 pages; fully illustrated in colour. Hardback. 35 x 25cms. This celebration of Roman wall painting presents 135 large colour photographs of examples depicting beautiful women and goddesses, gardens, wildlife and triumphant warriors. Many paintings are well-known examples from Pompeii but there are others from elsewhere in Italy and the Roman world. The photographs are accompanied by 22 essays in French, that examine the grand themes of Roman painting, Roman portraiture, its presentation of architecture and of life and death. Several papers discuss Roman painting across the provinces including Iberia, Gaul, Germany and Britain as well as Pompeii itself. Three technical papers examine the problems of conservation, the composition of the colours and the terminology. This catalogue also includes chronologies and inventories of sites and paintings. Text in French.‎

‎This celebration of Roman wall painting presents 135 large colour photographs of examples depicting beautiful women and goddesses, gardens, wildlife and triumphant warriors. Many paintings are well-known examples from Pompeii but there are others from elsewhere in Italy and the Roman world. The photographs are accompanied by 22 essays in French, that examine the grand themes of Roman painting, Roman portraiture, its presentation of architecture and of life and death. Several papers discuss Roman painting across the provinces including Iberia, Gaul, Germany and Britain as well as Pompeii itself. Three technical papers examine the problems of conservation, the composition of the colours and the terminology. This catalogue also includes chronologies and inventories of sites and paintings. Text in French‎