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Excerpt from A Complete Guide to the Small Bronzes and Gems in the Naples Museum, According to the New Arrangement: Reprinted From the Complete Handbook This collection of small bronzes numbering some thirteen thousand specimens, nearly all found in Pompeii or Herculaneum, is the unique feature of the Naples Museum. This department never fails to interest the passing visitor, while it is a mine of wealth to the antiquary, as it contains many perfect specimens of the every day articles of personal use and ornament which eighteen centuries ago were connected with the public and private life of the Roman citizens. All these articles, from the elaborate Curule chair to the most common kitchen utensil, are designed and executed with an artistic grace which reaches the acme of perfection and elegance. Their number alone is sufficient to stock several museums, and such in the elegance of their form and the perfection of their execution that they are no doubt correctly attributed to Greek artistis, who alone would be likely to carry their taste for ornament into such minute details. The difference between the work of these Pompeian artists and that of the artificers of our utilitarian age is especially noticeable in this rooms. Everything in a Roman house displayed the master hand of the artist in an unaffected but quite unmistakable manner; whereas our household chattels, being made to a pattern and in vast numbers, though they answer their purpose admirably, may justly be treated as being the production of a mechanical age, testifying rather to the skill of the artisan than to the taste of the artist. The painting on the walls are of no artistic merit. Is especially notewhorthy the Judgment of Salomon, and exploits of the Farnese family. The asterisk (*) denotes the specimens illustrated in Signor Monaco's large work, and the dagger (+)other noteworthy objects. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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