Posted on 10/8/2015
A large-scale exhibition project developed to recount the fascination that the archaeological site of Pompeii held for artists and the European imagination, from the start of excavations in 1748 to its dramatic bombing in 1943. This is “Pompeii and Europe. 1748 – 1943”, an exhibition open to the public from 27 May to 2 November 2015 at the National Museum of Archaeology in Naples and simultaneously at the Amphitheatre in Pompeii, with the patronage of Expo Milano 2015.
The exhibition is divided into four chronological sections containing works of various types: paintings, drawings, collections of prints, architectural plans, photographs, sculptures, objects, books and more.
The variety of items on display and the artists involved show how Pompeii, with its buried ruins and its classicism, has fascinated artists from all over Europe fo...