Os Últimos Dias de Pompéia: Decadência, Apocalipse, Ressurreição

Giorgio Sommer, Italian, born Germany, 1834-1914, Cast of a Dog Killed by the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Pompeii, about 1874, Albumen silver print, Image: 19.5 x 25.2 cm, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 84.XP.677.31.

J. Paul Getty Villa
12 setembro, 2012, 07 de janeiro de 2013



Francesco Netti, Italian, 1832-1894, Gladiator Fight during a Meal at Pompeii, 1880, Oil on canvas, Unframed: 115 x 208 cm, Museo di Capodimonte, Naples, Fototeca della Soprintendenza Speciale per il PSAE e per il Polo, Museale della cittá di Napoli, VEX.2012.2.40.

Destruida e preservada pela erupção do Vesúvio em 79 dC, Pompéia e suas cidades vizinhas fornecem um vivo vislumbre nas vidas diárias dos antigos romanos. Exposições sobre a arqueologia de Pompéia têm sido numerosas e populares, mas nunca antes uma exposição explorou a influência deste desastre antigo na imaginação moderna.

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, French, 1750-1819, The Eruption of Vesuvius August 24, 79 A.D., 1813, Oil on canvas, Unframed: 147.5 x 195.5 cm, Toulouse, Musée des Augustins, Photo: Daniel Martin, VEX.2012.2.67.

Destroyed yet preserved by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, Pompeii and its neighboring cities provide a vivid glimpse into the daily lives of ancient Romans. Exhibitions about the archaeology of Pompeii have been numerous and popular but never before has an exhibition explored the influence of this ancient disaster on the modern imagination.



Unknown, American B-25 Mitchell Bombers Flying Past Vesuvius, 1944, Gelatin silver print, Image: 11.3 x 14.7 cm, Archive of Raymond D. Yusi, Army Corps of Engineers, VEX.2012.2.47.

Desde a redescoberta do local no início de 1700, quatro séculos de grandes artistas - Piranesi, Fragonard, Ingres, e Alma-Tadema a Duchamp, Dalí, Rothko, Warhol, e Gormley – se  inspiraram e re-imaginaram  em diversas mídias, incluindo pinturas, gravuras, esculturas, fotografias e filmes.



Sebastian Pether, English, 1790-1844, Eruption of Vesuvius with Destruction of a Roman City, 1824, Oil on canvas; frame with wood; attachments imitating lava,Unframed: 71.4 x 92 cm, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Grant Walker Fund.


Since the rediscovery of the site in the early 1700s, four centuries of leading artists— from Piranesi, Fragonard, Ingres, and Alma-Tadema to Duchamp, Dalí, Rothko, Warhol, and Gormley — have been inspired to re-imagine it in diverse media, including paintings, prints, sculpture, photographs, and film.

Antony Gormley, English, born 1950, Untitled, 2002, Mild steel blocks, Object: H: 45 x W: 189 x D: 53 cm, Weight: 491.6258 lb.), Collection of Asher Waldfogel and Helyn MacLean, Photograph by Stephen White, London, © Antony Gormley, VEX.2012.2.95.

Os Últimos Dias de Pompéia: Decadência, Ressurreição Apocalipse, apresenta Pompéia e outros locais do Vesúvio como um fascínio moderno, em vez de se concentrar em seu passado histórico. Organizada em torno de três temas - apocalipse decadência, e ressurreição - a exposição aborda o legado potente e contínua de Pompéia no imaginário moderno.



Andy Warhol, American, 1928-1987, Mount Vesuvius, 1985, Acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen, Unframed: 72.4 x 81.3 cm, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; Founding Collection, Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., © 2012 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, VEX.2012.2.59.

The Last Days of Pompeii: Decadence, Apocalypse, Resurrection presents Pompeii and the other Vesuvian sites as a modern fascination rather than focusing on their historical past. Organized around three themes — decadence, apocalypse, and resurrection — this exhibition addresses the potent and continuing legacy of Pompeii in the modern imagination.



Giovanni Maria Benzoni, Italian, 1809-1873, Flight from Pompeii, 1873, Marble, Object: H: 108.5 x W: 68.6 cm, The Art Institute of Chicago, Photography © The Art Institute of Chicago, VEX.2012.2.16.



Unknown maker, Cast of Gradiva, early 1900s, Plaster, Object: 77 x 42 cm, The Freud Museum London, VEX.2012.2.30.



Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch, 1836-1912, Glaucus and Nydia, 1867, Oil on wood panel, Unframed: 39 x 64.3 cm, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin,, 1977.128, The Cleveland Museum of Art, VEX.2012.2.23.