Art and History Displayed at the Pompeii Exhibition at LACMA

Pompeii attracted many people before Mount Vesuvius “froze” the city in time for over a thousand years. In the eighth century BC, Pompeii was for wealthy vacationers who came for the sun and scenery. By the first century AD, Pompeii was for Rome’s most dignified and noble citizens. Pompeii had luxurious houses and paved roads. Daily life included relaxing in the thermal bathhouses which were good for the body and were great social atmospheres. In addition, people spent their days going to the amphitheater to watch gladiator shows and going to the market and town squares. Citizens who lived in Pompeii owned and worked in factories, artisan shops, taverns, cafés and more.

In ancient Pompeii, there were many important establishments in the Forum. It was seen as the primal hub of the town, and due to the busy trading nature, a commercial centre for exchanging foreign goods was a necessity. However in Herculaneum, being a quiet fishing village, the structure of the Forum would have been very different to that of Pompeii.

Historians consider the Forum to be the ‘centre of Pompeian life’ therefore it is an important aspect to study as numerous buildings and many events occurred there. From the latest evidence, it is believed that the Pompeian Forum was undergoing a ‘comprehensive, vigorous and ambitious post-earthquake restoration.’ (Bradley. 2005, p.87). The Forum at Herculaneum, however, is still buried under the town of Resina and therefore there is not enough physical evidence to provide a great depth of information. Studies were concentrated on the Forum at Pompeii.

Pompeii was a City in Italy which overall has a great significance in Roman culture. Pompeii was not famous for its rise or its rule but its destruction. Pompeii was a picture perfect world full of culture and rich history, It was destroyed in AD 79 by a Volcanic eruption from Mount Vesuvius. It was a symbol of Roman culture and has a great influence on the future even though it existed so long ago.

My brother took this art as inspiration to mock me. While he lobbed the subtle insult over and over, never in my parent’s line of sight, I grew in my fury. I remained calm for quite some time until we got to an ancient bathhouse. An amazing feat from Pompeii’s architects the bathhouse was one of the centerpieces of Pompeii. My parents wandered away just a bit giving me the perfect opportunity to strike, and by all means I had available to me I struck hard. I turned a building designed for cleaning into a house for my crude and filthy comments.

Instead of leaving Pompeii to dissolve into history, educational researchers such as National Geographic have continued conducting studies about the fall of Pompeii, because forgetting about the historical event would be detrimental to further knowledge on Roman culture in Italy. Life under Mount Vesuvius was full of promise and prosperity for the newly settled Greeks in the 8th century B.C. The vast area around the towering volcano attracted lots of people seeking a paradise-like land for their vacation needs. Along with Pompeii’s paradise attraction, the rich volcanic soil gave way to agricultural growth for the Greek settlers. Mount Vesuvius's overhang gave the settlers a sense of protection and security. Once early settlement gave way and the very basic foundations of civilization began to grow, Greek colonies soon established themselves in Campania along with the Etruscans.

An ancient city lost after being buried under ashes, Pompeii had been found after being lost for thousands of years since the tragedy of Pompeii in A.D. 79. Now, a huge tourist attraction, people come from all over the world to see this mysterious city. “Since its discovery in 1748, people have been digging up Pompeii for over 250 years. You might think there was little more to learn, but as Paul Roberts, curator of the British Museum exhibition says, if there’s one thing that recent research at Pompeii and Herculaneum has made clear, it is that “It’s not so clear”. We are far from really understanding what made Pompeii tick.” (Lloyd) Even though Vesuvius hasn't erupted for a while, it’s due for another explosion at any time. “Mount Vesuvius has not erupted since 1944, but it is still one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world. Experts believe that another Plinian eruption is due any day--an almost unfathomable catastrophe since almost 3 million people live within 20 miles of the volcano’s crater.” (History.com

The lost city of Pompeii, is a city in Italy that was under or I should say to the side of a huge volcano. The life in this city was quiet, and attracted rich vacationers who moved there and start forming the city. The city was located over 5 miles from the volcano and populated over 20,000 people. In 79 A.D after the telltale earthquake, the volcano Mount Vesuvius erupted on to the city of Pompeii cause the city to be covered in a thick layer of ashes. This explosion of ashes and volcanic lava killed over 200 hundred people and caused the city to be abandoned for almost the same amount of years as the people who were lost. People left the town because it was covered in the ashes and tremendous damage had taken over the city. Although the

One day 2,000 years ago, a town of 22,000 people was burnt alive, covered with ash, and suffocated to death. Pompeii, Italy was once a culture of beauty and prestige. Although we haven’t experienced that violent death, we have more in common with Pompeians than you think. Both times have alike gadgets, ideas of fast food, and many people have multiple roles.

Pompei was a richly decorated roman city for the rich in Rome and its surrounding cities to come to on a holiday. Pompei was filled to the brim with splendid roman baths and magnificent artworks and sculptures. On the 24th of August, AD 79, Vesuvius, a volcano previously thought to be dormant, exploded and covered Pompeii, the city of Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata with a thick layer of ash.

Pompeii is one of the world’s greatest archaeological treasures. Since its discovery in 1755 it has been a must see stop for tourists, becoming a stop on the Grand Tour, and archaeologists alike. The site at Pompeii holds a its visitors in captive awe, Stendhal wrote, “...here you feel as if, just by being there, you know more about the place than any other scholar”, about his time in Pompeii. It is also said that a visit to the Temple of Isis in Pompeii at age thirteen inspired Mozart to write The Magic Flute twenty years later. All of this history and inspiration would have remained buried if not for the beginning of construction of the Sarno Canal in 1755. The archaeology of Pompeii has allowed a walk into the past.

In both the video and the article, the authors talk about graffiti in ancient Pompeii. While they both are addressing the same subject, they approach the subject in very different ways. One source focuses on graffiti in Pompeii as a whole, while the other focuses more on the graffiti in Pompeii that was created by children.

Pompeii, if you didn’t know, is the ancient ruins of an amazing city. In 1748, a surveying engineer discovered these buried ashes. Pompeii was an ancient city buried within this. Why ash? How, you ask? Well, Pompeii is located next to the famous volcano, Mt. Vesuvius in what is now Italy. In 79 AD Vesuvius let out an horrendous eruption and buried Pompeii. Since then, Mt. Vesuvius has erupted over 50 times. When the volcano erupted, there were about 20,000 people living in or around the area. That area was pretty unlucky living at the base of the volcano, they had suffered through a massive earthquake years back and was still recovering from the damage.

Mt. Vesuvius is a volcano that is located near the Bay of Naples in Italy and is hundred of thousands years old. It has erupted over 50 times but its most famous eruption was in the year 79 A.D. when it buried the ancient Roman city of Pompeii . A witness write that the dust “poured across the land” like a flood . Two thousand people died and the city of Pompeii was left abandoned for almost as many years for each person that died. When a group of archaeologists rediscovered the site in year 1748 they were shocked to see that the city was almost completely intact under the ash and debris from the eruption that happened long ago. The skeletons of people and artifacts were left behind in the buried city that was once called Pompeii. This has taught us a lot about their everyday life back so long ago.

The ancient city of Pompeii was destroyed by a volcano. West Jordan is a city that’s still here today. Pompeii was located in the country of Italy. West Jordan is by Salt lake City. There are lots more reasons how they’re the same and different.