Pompeii in the Visual and Performing Arts: Its Reception in Spain and Latin America

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INTRODUCTION: THE RECEPTION OF POMPEII IN SPAIN AND LATIN AMERICA Mirella Romero Recio
	Before Pompeii
	After Pompeii
	Living in Pompeii
	Seduced by Pompeii
	New Pompeiis
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
CHAPTER 1 THE ‘POMPEIAN HOUSE’ IN SPAIN: A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION BETWEEN REALITY AND UTOPIA1 Mirella Romero Recio
	The Pompeian house and nineteenth-century Spanish architects
	Adaptation of the Pompeian house in the early twentieth century
	The Pompeian house as utopian project in Ciudad Lineal (Madrid)
	By way of conclusion
	Notes
	References
CHAPTER 2 ECHOES OF POMPEII IN MEXICO: ACADEMY, SOCIETY AND ART1 Aurelia Vargas Valencia and Elvia Carreño Velázquez
	The Academy
	Society
	Clothing and personal grooming
	Shows and public places
	Art and the homeland
	The legacy of Pompeii in present-day Mexico
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
CHAPTER 3 ART AND RHETORIC FOR AN EMPIRE: THE POMPEIAN STYLE IN PUERTO RICO AND THE UNITED STATES DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY1 Daniel Expósito
	‘Resembling a product of Herculaneum and Pompeii’: the Pompeian style in San Juan de Puerto Rico
	Towards a visual genealogy of naval power: the Pompeian style in the US Capitol, Washington, DC
	Notes
	References
CHAPTER 4 POMPEIAN INFLUENCES ON THE ELITE OF SANTIAGO DE CHILE: VISUAL ARTS, ANTIQUITIES AND ARCHITECTURE (NINETEENTH CENTURY)1 Carolina Valenzuela Matus
	Classical taste: travel, collecting and antiquarianism
	The Santiago elites and the Pompeian influence in palatial homes and public spaces
	Conclusions
	Notes
	References
CHAPTER 5 JOAQUÍN SOROLLA AND POMPEII: THE IMPACT OF A TRIP ON HIS LIFE AND HIS OEUVRE1 Ana Valtierra
	His stay in Italy: a brief summary of his training and how he obtained a grant
	The sketches of his trip: the importance of colour and architectural perspective
	Coloured sketches, tracings and copies of ‘Pompeian’ decorations
	Sorolla’s house and gardens in Madrid: always present recollections of his trip to Pompeii
	The recreation of Pompeian ambiances in the oeuvre of Sorolla
	Notes
	References
CHAPTER 6 THE REFLECTION OF THE ANCIENT WORLD IN PICTORIAL SCENES: THE QUEST FOR THE POMPEIAN ATMOSPHERE IN SPANISH COSTUMBRIST PAINTINGS1 María Martín de Vidales García
	Notes
	References
CHAPTER 7 THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES OF POMPEII AND HERCULANEUM, AND THEIR RECEPTION THROUGH PLASTER COPIES AND PHOTOGRAPHY1 Jesús Salas Á lvarez
	The importance of classical sculpture as a decorative element in Neapolitan palaces: originals and plaster casts
	Classical sculpture as a decorative element in Spanish royal palaces
	The Royal Academy of Fine Arts and the dissemination in Spain of the sculptures of Herculaneum and Pompeii
	The role of the San Carlos Royal Academy in Mexico and the distribution of classical antiquities in America
	Plaster casts of sculptures in the first half of the nineteenth century
	Photography and its use to record the ruins at Pompeii
	By way of conclusion
	Notes
	References
CHAPTER 8 POMPEII AND HERCULANEUM IN CUBA: THE IMPACT OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS ON THE ISLAND’S VISUAL ARTS1 Federica Pezzoli
	Nineteenth-century Cuba and the dissemination of and the taste for the neoclassical style
	Gioacchino Albé, Daniel Dall’Aglio and Antonio Meucci
	The Aldama Palace
	The Cantero Palace
	The Borrell Palace
	The Esteban Theatre
	Conclusions
	Notes
	References
CHAPTER 9 EXCAVATING THE PAST AND FRAMING NEW IDENTITIES IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: VESUVIUS, POMPEII AND MODERNITY IN RIO DE JANEIRO1 Renata Senna Garraffoni
	Excavating Pompeii: encounters between Naples and Brazil
	From Naples to Rio de Janeiro: ancient Romans in Rio de Janeiro newspapers
	Teresa Cristina: empress and archaeologist
	The Catete Palace: one monument, many stories
	Notes
	References
CHAPTER 10 POMPEIAN ECHOES IN RURAL HOUSES IN CENTRAL CHILE: THE QUEST FOR NEW IDENTITIES1 María Gabriela Huidobro Salazar
	The estate house tradition in the Chilean Central Valley
	Pompeian spaces in Santiago: the residence of José Arrieta Pereira
	Maximiano Errázuriz’s Pompeian house
	The Pompeian house of the Santa Rita vineyard
	Conclusions
	Notes
	References
CHAPTER 11 THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII: FROM LITERATURE TO COMICS IN LATIN AMERICA1 Laura Buitrago
	Comics, illustrations and literature
	The Classics in Latin America and Spain
	Some final thoughts
	Notes
	References
CHAPTER 12 THE LATIN AMERICAN POMPEIIS: FROM A LANDSCAPE IN RUINS TO THE IMAGE OF TRAGEDY1 Ricardo Del Molino García
	Pompeii as a comparative reference for pre-Hispanic and colonial ruins
	Pompeii as an image of tragedy in the twentieth-century Latin American cultural landscape
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
EPILOGUE Shelley Hales
	Eclecticism
	Modernity and technology
	Gender
	Transforming a Continent
	Conclusion
	References
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