Description

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A tour de force of a carver's skill and craftsmanship, the Farnese Cup is the largest cameo hardstone cup to have survived from the ancient world. This book provides that close-up in a series of photographs and varying perspectives that pull back from the delicate infinitesimal cut to the magnificent, perfect whole.

About the Author

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Valeria Sampaolo has been conservator of the National Archaeological Museum of Naples. The author of several publications, she focuses on the early excavations in the Vesuvius area and on establishing the provenance of the Museum's frescoes, whose new display she curated. Luigi Spina is a photographer. His work focuses on amphitheatres and the civic dimension of the sacred, the links between art and faith, the search for ancient cultural roots, and the physical impact of classical sculpture. His published works include L'Ora Incerta (2014), The Buchner Boxes (2014), Hemba (2017), and Mythical Diary (2017). Spina has collaborated with Valeria Sampaolo and 5 Continents Editions to create the series Rare and Precious Objects in the Archaeological Museum of Naples, whose titles to date embrace Memories of the Blue Vase (2016), Amazzonomachia (2017), Centaurs (2017), Seven Sages (2018), and Zephyr and Chloris (2018). He has also published The Dancers at the Villa of the Papyri for 5 Continents Editions's Tailormade series.