Study photographs of ancient mural painting. 19--?

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Study photographs of ancient mural painting. 19--?

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An assembled collection of modern photographs of ancient wall paintings, both in situ and detached. The collection's concentration is on works of the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman periods, 6th cent. BC-6th cent. AD. Photographic coverage is most complete for Greece and Italy, with notable strength in documentation of Etruscan tomb paintings (in Tarquinia and Chiusi in particular) and of mural paintings in Pompeii. The collection also includes photographs of ancient mural paintings from other countries, including Germany, Hungary, Libya, Syria, and Turkey. The collection includes photographs from different sources, chiefly commercial vendors and photographers, as well as the archives of scholars and research institutions. Among the commercial vendors and photographers are Alinari (including the Anderson and Brogi archives), Bulloz, Chauffourier, Bildarchiv Foto Marburg, Rheinisches Bildarchiv Köln, Photographie Giraudon, Hirmer Verlag, Alison Frantz, John Ross, Guntram Koch, Emile Serafis, Giorgio Sommer, and Gabinetto fotografico nazionale (Rome), including the Antonio Giuliano collection. Institutional archives from which the collection holds images are the Fototeca unione at the American Academy in Rome and the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (DAI), Rome. Scholarly sources include the repository's Giovanni Becatti archives.

66 boxes (ca. 4,365 photographic prints) : b&w, some col. ; 35 cm. and 47 cm.

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Getty Research Institute

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Administrative History The Getty Research Institute (GRI) is dedicated to the study of the visual arts, approaching the topic from broad historical and cultural perspectives. The GRI's goals are to promote innovative scholarship in the arts and humanities, to bridge traditional academic boundaries, and to provide a unique environment for research, critical inquiry, and debate. The GRI is an operating program of the J. Paul Getty Trust, an international cultural and philanthropic organization se...

Giuliano, Antonio.

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Sommer, Giorgio, 1834-1914

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German-born photographer Giorgio Sommer opened his photographic studio in Naples in 1857, and published Naples and Surroundings that same year. While his views and genre scenes catered to the tourist trade, Sommer was also keenly interested in documenting archaeological subjects. He photographed Pompeii in 1863, and won a bronze medal for his photographs at the 1867 Exposition universelle, Paris. From the description of [Two views of Pompeii]. [ca. 1863] (Getty Research Institute). W...

Frantz, Alison ca. 20. Jh.

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Serafis, Emile.

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Koch, Guntram.

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Ross, John, 1812-?

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John Ross was born October 3, 1790 in Alabama. He was one-eight Cherokee, seven-eights Scottish. He grew up and was educated in a traditional school in Kingston, Tennessee. At the age of nineteen, he began his political career with the Cherokee Nation. In 1809, Ross was entrusted by Indian Agent Return Meigs to go to the Arkansas Cherokees. After that, Ross devoted his life to achieving freedom and political recognition for the Cherokee Nation. Ross fought in the War of 1812 and played a roll in...

Becatti, Giovanni, 1912-1973

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