Ashen sky : the letters of Pliny the Younger on the eruption of Vesuvius / illustrated by Barry Moser ; written and translated by Benedicte Gilman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moser, Barry.

Contributor:

Gilman, Benedicte.

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Moser, Barry.

Vesuvius (Italy)--In art.

Vesuvius (Italy).

Vesuvius (Italy)--Eruption, 79.

Genre:

Art.

Physical Description:

39 pages : illustrations, map ; 27 cm

Other Title:

Letters of Pliny the Younger on the eruption of Vesuvius

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : The J. Paul Getty Museum, [2007]

Summary:

Barry Moser's extraordinarily detailed and evocative relief engravings decorate this translation of Pliny the Younger's two famous letters to Tacitus about the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 and the death of his uncle, Pliny the Elder. Printed in black and white, the engravings are works of art that illustrate various descriptions in the letters. The text includes a brief description of the eruption of the volcano, concise biographies of Tacitus and of both Plinys, and a summary of how the texts of the two letters have survived until today.

Contents:

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius

Pliny the elder

Tacitus

Pliny the younger

The survival of Pliny's letters on the eruption of Mount Vesuvius

Letter 6.16

Letter 6.20.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 38).

Includes Pliny's Letters 6.16 and 6.20, translated from Latin.

Contains:

Pliny, the Younger. Epistularum libri VI. Selections. English.

ISBN:

9780892369003

0892369000

OCLC:

82172611