پاورپوینت Architecture and Gardens at the Getty Villa

Tip: Ask students any of the following questions to expand on the history and location of the Villa dei Papiri:
Have you heard of Pompeii? Can you see Pompeii on the map? What about Herculaneum? What natural disaster occurred in this region in A.D. 79? (Answer: the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, which buried the towns of both Pompeii and Herculaneum under layers of volcanic ash).
The Getty Villa Is…
It is a modern reconstruction of an ancient Roman villa.
Its design was inspired by the Villa dei Papiri, an ancient Roman villa located in Herculaneum, Italy.
It is also a museum
   dedicated to ancient
   Greek, Etruscan,
   and Roman art.