Oplontis Project Exhibition Catalog

Clarke, John R., and Elaine K. Gazda, eds. Leisure and Luxury in the Age of Nero: The Villas of Oplontis near Pompeii. Exhibition catalogue. The Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; The Museum of the Rockies, Montana State University; Smith College, 10 February 2016-31 August 2017. Ann Arbor: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, 2016.

Contributions: 1. Concepts and Contents of the Exhibition / Gazda, Clarke. 2. Villas on the Bay of Naples: The Ancient Setting of Oplontis / Gazda. 3. The Geological Landscape of Oplontis and the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius / Muntasser, Di Maio. 4. From the Archives to the Fields: Revisiting Villa A and Oplontis B / Clarke. 5. Ten Seasons of Excavation at Oplontis (2006-2015) / van der Graaff. 6. Digital Imaging at Oplontis / Clarke, Beacham, Coulson, Liddell, Abbott. 7. Framing Views in Villa A: From the Late Republic to the Age of Nero / Thomas. 8. Layered Histories: The Wall Painting Styles and Painters of Villa A / Gee.9. The Gardens and Garden Paintings of Villa A / Bergmann. 10. Luxury in Fantasy and Reality: Exotic Marble in Villa A / McAlpine.11. Marble Floors and Paneled Walls in the East Wing of Villa A / Barker. 12. The Cost of Luxury: Procurement and Labor for the Marble Décor of Villa A /Fant and Barker,.Appendix to Chapter 12: Calculating the Manpower for the Marble Décor of the Villa / Barker. 13. Mutable Meanings in the Sculpture from Villa A / Gazda and Naglak.14. Thinking about Roman Slaves at Villa A / Joshel and Petersen.15. Oplontis B and the Wine Industry in the Vesuvian Area / Thomas.16. Working and Living in Oplontis B: Material Perspectives on Trade and Consumption / Muslin.17. Luxury, Adornment, and Identity: The Skeletons and Jewelry from Oplontis B / Ward. Objects in the Exhibition.

Review:

Guy Métraux ,Bryn Mawr Classical Review2017.02.16
http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2017/2017-02-16.html

Oplontis Project Books

Clarke, John R., and Nayla K. Muntasser. Eds. Oplontis: Villa A (“Of Poppaea”) at Torre Annunziata, Volume 1. The Ancient Setting and Modern Rediscovery. New York: ALCS E-Book, 2014. http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=acls;idno=heb90048.0001.001

Reviews:

Guy Métraux, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians75, 3 (September 2016): 366-367. http://jsah.ucpress.edu/content/75/3/366

Mantha Zarmakoupi, AJA Online, July 2017 (121.3). https://www.ajaonline.org/book-review/3500

Oplontis Project Articles and Chapters

Pecci, Alessandra, John R. Clarke, Michael L. Thomas, Jennifer Muslin, Ivo van der Graaff, Luana Toniolo, D. Miriello, G.M. Crisci, Mauro Buonincontri, and Gaetano Di Pasquale. “Use and Reuse of Amphorae. Wine residues in Dressel 2-4 amphorae from Oplontis Villa B (Torre Annunziata, Italy).” Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports12 (April 2017): 515-521. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.02.02

Clarke, John R. “3D Model, Linked Database, and Born-Digital E-Book: An Ideal Approach to Archaeological Research and Publication.” In 3D Research Challenges in Cultural Heritage II: How to Manage Data and Knowledge Related to Interpretative Digital 3D Reconstructions of Cultural Heritage.Edited by Sander Münster, Mieke Pfarr-Harfst, Piotr Kuroczyński, and Marinos Ioannides, 136-148. Berlin: Springer, 2016.

van der Graaff, Ivo, Jennifer L. Muslin, Michael L. Thomas, Paul Wilkinson, John R. Clarke, and Nayla K. Muntasser. “Preliminary Notes on Two Seasons of Research at Oplontis B (2014-2015). Fasti Online Documents & Research (FOLD&R) 362 (2016). Permalink: http://www.fastionline.org/docs/FOLDER-it-2016-362.pdf

Barker, Simon and John R. Clarke. “Evidence for Wooden Wall Revetment and Marble Decoration in Diaeta 78 at Villa A (“of Poppaea”) at Oplontis (Torre Annunziata, Italy).” InAtti del XII Colloquio AIEMA (Association Internationale pour l’Ètude de la Mosaïque Antique), Venice, 11-15 September 2012, edited by Giordana Trovabene, 501-504. Verona: Scripta, 2015.

Clarke, John R. “Retrieving the Decorative Program of Villa A (‘of Poppaea’) at Oplontis (Torre Annunziata, Italy): How Orphaned Fragments Find a Home in the Virtual-Reality 3D Model.” In Beyond Iconography: Materials, Methods, and Meaning in Ancient Surface Decoration, edited by Sarah Lepinski and Susanna McFadden. Selected Papers in Ancient Art and Architecture. 1: 97-108. Boston: Archaeological Institute of America, 2015.

Cline, Lea. “Painted Pavements: Illusion and Imitation at Villa A (“of Poppea”) at Oplontis.” In Beyond Iconography: Materials, Methods, and Meaning in Ancient Surface Decoration, edited by Sarah Lepinski and Susanna McFadden. Selected Papers on Ancient Art and Architecture.1: 205-218. Boston: Archaeological Institute of America, 2015.

Gee, Regina. “Fourth Style Workshop Deployment and Movement Patterns at Villa A (“of Poppaea”) at Oplontis.” In Beyond Iconography: Materials, Methods, and Meaning in Ancient Surface Decoration, edited by Sarah Lepinski and Susanna McFadden. Selected Papers in Ancient Art and Architecture. 1: 127-48. Boston: Archaeological Institute of America, 2015.

Thomas, Michael L. “Oplontis B: A Center for the Export and Distribution of Vesuvian Wine.” Journal of Roman Archaeology 28 (2015): 403-13.

Clarke, John R. “A Virtual Villa.” Apollo179, no. 617 (February 2014): 48-53.

Clarke, John R., “The Villa of Oplontis: A ‘Born Digital’ Project.” In Preserving Complex Digital Objects. Edited by Janet Delve and David Anderson, 259-272. London: Facet Publishing, 2014.

Clarke, John R. “Reconstructing the Missing Elements of the Second-Style Program at Oplontis, Villa A.” In Antike Malerei zwischen Lokalstil und Zeitstil. Akten des XI. Internationales Kolloquiums der AIPMA. Ephesos/Selçuk 13-17 September 2010, edited by Norbert Zimmermann, 83-87. Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2014. Open Access: http://hw.oeaw.ac.at/7658-9?frames=yes

Clarke, John R., Stefano De Caro and Adele Lagi. “Oplonti e le sue ville.” In Città vesuviane: I luoghi dell’arte, edited by Pietro Giovanni Guzzo and Gianluca Tagliamonte, 142-155. Rome: Treccani, 2013.

Clarke, John R. “Sketching and Scaling in the Second-Style Frescoes of Oplontis and Boscoreale.” In La villa romaine de Boscoreale et ses fresques, edited by Alix Barbet and Annie Verbanck-Piérard, 199-209. Paris: Éditions Errance, 2013.

Thomas, Michael L., Ivo van der Graaff, and Paul Wilkinson. “The Oplontis Project 2012-13: A Report of Excavations at Oplontis B.” Fasti Online Documents & Research (FOLD&R)295 (2013). http://www.fastionline.org/docs/FOLDER-it-2013-295.pdf

Clarke, John R.  “The Villa of Oplontis: A ‘Born Digital’ Project.”  In The Preservation of Complex Objects (POCOS).  Volume 1: Visualisations and Simulations.  Edited by Janet Delve, et al., 54-65.  Portsmouth, UK: University of Portsmouth, 2012. E-Book: http://www.pocos.org/images/pub_material/books/pocos_vol_1.pdf

Clarke, John R., and Lea Cline. “New Light on Mosaic Metrics: Research at Villa A, Torre Annunziata, Italy (50 B.C.-A.D. 79.” In Acts of the XI International Colloquium on Ancient Mosaics. Association Internationale pour l’Etude de la Mosaïque Antique(Bursa 2009), edited by Mustafa Sahin, 247-257. Istanbul: Zero Books, 2011.

Thomas, Michael L., and John R. Clarke. “Water Features, the Atrium, and the Coastal Setting of Villa A at Torre Annunziata.” Journal of Roman Archaeology24 (2011): 370-381.

Clarke, John R. “The Oplontis Project (2005-2008).” In Vesuviana: Archeologie a confronto. Atti del Convegno Internazionale (Bologna, 14-16 gennaio 2008), edited by Antonella Coralini, 427-430. Bologna: Ante Quem, 2010.

Thomas, Michael L., and John R. Clarke. “Evidence of Demolition and Remodeling at Villa A at Oplontis (Villa of Poppaea) after A.D. 45.” Journal of Roman Archaeology22 (2009): 201-209.

Thomas, Michael L., and John R. Clarke. “The Oplontis Project, 2005-2006: New Evidence for the Building History and Decorative Programs at Villa A, Torre Annunziata.” Nuove ricerche archeologiche nell’area vesuviana (scavi 2003-2006). Atti del Convegno Internazionale, Roma 1-3 febbraio 2007, edited by Maria Paola Guidobaldi, 465-471. Rome, “L’Erma” di Bretschneider, 2008.

Thomas, Michael L., and John R. Clarke. “The Oplontis Project 2005-6: Observations on the Construction History of Villa A at Torre Annunziata.” Journal of Roman Archaeology17 (2007): 223-232.