Herculaneum, past, present & future
Herculaneum, Past, Present & Future is a 1908 London book by Charles Waldstein and Leonard Shoobridge, published by Macmillan, presenting photographic plates of classical Roman sculpture from the Herculaneum excavations for scholars and art readers. The plates show draped standing statues, marble busts of men and women, bronze figures of wrestlers, and paired portrait heads, photographed against plain dark or light grounds with stark tonal contrast. A designer might take from them the drapery folds, classical portrait poses, and the strong low-key lighting typical of early museum photography.
