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Author: William Lloyd MacDonald
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1982-01-01
Total Pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780300028195
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExamines Roman architecture as a party of overall urban design and looks at arches, public buildings, tombs, columns, stairs, plazas, and streets
Author: Annette Haug
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2021-04-19
Total Pages: 405
ISBN-13: 3110732211
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book explores the manner in which architectural settings and action contexts influenced the perception of decoration in the Roman world. Crucial to the relationship between ancient viewers and media was the concept of decor, a term employed by Vitruvius and other Roman authors to describe the appropriateness of particular decorative elements to the environment in which they were located. The papers in this volume examine a diverse range of decorated spaces, from press rooms to synagogues, through the lens of decor. In doing so, they shed new light on the decorative principles employed across Roman Italy and beyond.
Author: Carmelo G. Malacrino
Publisher: Getty Publications
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 1606060163
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA survey of building techniques & architecture from the 3rd century B.C. through the fifth century A.D., this volume explores how the Greeks of the classical period & later the Romans created a complex & innovative built environment.
Author: Mark Wilson Jones
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2003-01-01
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 030010202X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe architects of ancient Rome developed a vibrant and enduring tradition, inspiring those who followed in their profession even to this day. This book explores how Roman architects went about the creative process.
Author: James C. Anderson jr
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2002-02-01
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780801869815
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFocusing primarily on Rome and other cities of central Italy, James C. Anderson, jr., describes the training, career path, and social status of both architects and builders. He explains how the construction industry was organized—from marble and timber suppliers to bricklayers and carpenters. He examines the political, legal, and economic factors that determined what would be built, and where. And he shows how the various types of public and private Roman buildings relate to the urban space as a whole. Drawing on ancient literary sources as well as on contemporary scholarship, Roman Architecture and Society examines the origins of the architectural achievements, construction techniques, and discoveries that have had an incalculable influence on the postclassical Western world. This detailed and concise account will appeal not only to students and scholars of Roman history, but to all with an interest in ancient architecture and urban society.
Author: Alexander G. McKay
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 1998-05-29
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780801859045
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn a fascinating study of ancient Roman architecture, classics scholar Alexander McKay examines simple houses, mansions, estates and palatial buildings, interior furnishings, and gardens--revealing that Roman civilization was astonishingly similar to our own. He also discusses the conditions of life in the Roman provinces. 153 illustrations.
Author: John W. Stamper
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005-02-16
Total Pages: 450
ISBN-13: 9780521810685
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines the development of Roman temple architecture from its earliest history in the sixth century BC to the reigns of Hadrian and the Antonines in the second century AD. John Stamper analyzes the temples' formal qualities, the public spaces in which they were located and, most importantly, the authority of precedent in their designs. He also traces Rome's temple architecture as it evolved over time and how it accommodated changing political and religious contexts, as well as the affects of new stylistic influences.
Author: John North Hopkins
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2016-02-09
Total Pages: 269
ISBN-13: 0300214367
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis groundbreaking study traces the development of Roman architecture and its sculpture from the earliest days to the middle of the 5th century BCE. Existing narratives cast the Greeks as the progenitors of classical art and architecture or rely on historical sources dating centuries after the fact to establish the Roman context. Author John North Hopkins, however, allows the material and visual record to play the primary role in telling the story of Rome’s origins, synthesizing important new evidence from recent excavations. Hopkins’s detailed account of urban growth and artistic, political, and social exchange establishes strong parallels with communities across the Mediterranean. From the late 7th century, Romans looked to increasingly distant lands for shifts in artistic production. By the end of the archaic period they were building temples that would outstrip the monumentality of even those on the Greek mainland. The book’s extensive illustrations feature new reconstructions, allowing readers a rare visual exploration of this fragmentary evidence.
Author: Christopher Siwicki
Publisher:
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 0198848579
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChallenging the idea that heritage is a purely modern phenomenon, this volume addresses how historic buildings were treated in Imperial Rome, examining the way in which the ancients restored the monuments they inherited from earlier generations and developing our understanding of the Roman concept of built heritage.
Author: Fikret Yegül
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2019-07-31
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 1108577067
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSince antiquity, Roman architecture and planning have inspired architects and designers. In this volume, Diane Favro and Fikret Yegül offer a comprehensive history and analysis of the Roman built environment, emphasizing design and planning aspects of buildings and streetscapes. They explore the dynamic evolution and dissemination of architectural ideas, showing how local influences and technologies were incorporated across the vast Roman territory. They also consider how Roman construction and engineering expertise, as well as logistical proficiency, contributed to the making of bold and exceptional spaces and forms. Based on decades of first-hand examinations of ancient sites throughout the Roman world, from Britain to Syria, the authors give close accounts of many sites no longer extant or accessible. Written in a lively and accessible manner, Roman Architecture and Urbanism affirms the enduring attractions of Roman buildings and environments and their relevance to a global view of architecture. It will appeal to readers interested in the classical world and the history of architecture and urban design, as well as wide range of academic fields. With 835 illustrations including numerous new plans and drawings as well as digital renderings.
