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Villa of the Mysteries (79 AD)*

Artist/Designer: Designer Unknown

Project Location: Italy

Figure 1: Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, Campania, Italy, 79 A.D.
 ( Source | Accessed : May 6, 2013 | Photographer: Pompejanischer Maler )
Figure 2: Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, Campania, Italy, 79 A.D. ( Source | Accessed : May 6, 2013 | Photographer: Unknown )
Figure 3: Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, Campania, Italy, 79 A.D. ( Source | Accessed : May 6, 2013 | Photographer: Unknown )
Figure 4: Plan, Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, Campania, Italy, 79 A.D. ( Source | Accessed : May 6, 2013 | Photographer: Unknown )
Figure 5: Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, Campania, Italy, 79 A.D. ( Source | Accessed : May 6, 2013 | Photographer: Rome 101 )
Figure 6: Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, Campania, Italy, 79 A.D. ( Source | Accessed : May 6, 2013 | Photographer: Unknown )
Figure 7: Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, Campania, Italy, 79 A.D. ( Source | Accessed : May 6, 2013 | Photographer: Unknown )

Style/Period(s):
Classical

Primary Material(s):
Stone, Paint

Function(s):
Residential Structure

Related Website(s):

Pompeii Sites. | Accessed : May 6, 2013
Pompeii. Youtube. | Accessed : May 6, 2013
Period Rooms Metropolitan Museum of Art Publication Online | Accessed : April 6, 2018

Significant Date(s):
B.C.E, 1909

Additional Information:
Publications/Texts in Print-
Mattusch, Carol C. Pompeii and the Roman Villa: Art and Culture Around the Bay of Naples. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art; London: Thames and Hudson, 2008.
Dreaming in Red: the Women's Dionysian Initiation Chamber in Pompeii. Putnam, Conn.: Spring Publications, 2005.
Peck, Amelia,'Period Rooms in the Metropolitan Museum of Art' Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, N.Y. 1996

Additional Information-

Building Address:
Pompei, Province of Naples, Campania, Italy

Supporting Designers/Staff:

Significant Dates:
Mt. Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D.
Villa of the Mysteries excavated in 1909

Tags:
Pompeii, Vesuvius, Italy, Campania, volcano, eruption

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