Pompeii
Mauiri, Amedeo15 USD
Date
1957
Category
Photography
Description
The eruption of Vesuvius wiped out one of the mos thriving, populous and weathy towns of Campania. Such immense and crushing power of destrcution has been unavailing against man's firm and stubborn determination to wr4est the veil of mystery from off the face of the past. Two centuries of disinterring the lost city reveals the magnitude of nature and humanity's very lifeforce—past and present by Amedeo Maiuri.
Excerpt
A history of Pompeii rife with black-and-white photos, primarily by Giovanni Vetti, reveal the marks of civilization, like a street worn into deep ruts cut by cart-wheels, remnants of the forum stand alert, like stubborn dominoes, and a fresco of elephants—makes me wonder if elephants live there now? Are there elephants in Italy? Were there? Can I see them? Where are you now?
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