A Companion to Roman Architecture

Gebonden Engels 2013 9781405199643
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A Companion to Roman Architecture presents a comprehensive review of the critical issues and approaches that have transformed scholarly understanding in recent decades in one easy–to–reference volume.

Offers a cross–disciplinary approach to Roman architecture, spanning technology, history, art, politics, and archaeology
Brings together contributions by leading scholars in architectural history
An essential guide to recent scholarship, covering new archaeological discoveries, lesser known buildings, new technologies and space and construction
Includes extensive, up–to–date bibliography and glossary of key Roman architectural terms

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ISBN13:9781405199643
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Aantal pagina's:614

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<p>List of Illustrations viii</p>
<p>Contributors xiii</p>
<p>Maps/General Images xviii</p>
<p>Introduction 1</p>
<p>1. Italic Architecture of the Earlier First Millennium BCE 6<br /> Jeffrey A. Becker</p>
<p>2. Rome and Her Neighbors: Greek Building Practices in Republican Rome 27<br /> Penelope J.E. Davies</p>
<p>3. Creating Imperial Architecture 45<br /> Inge Nielsen</p>
<p>4. Columns and Concrete: Architecture from Nero to Hadrian 63<br /> Caroline K. Quenemoen</p>
<p>5. The Severan Period 82<br /> Edmund V. Thomas</p>
<p>6. The Architecture of Tetrarchy 106<br /> Emanuel Mayer</p>
<p>7. Architect and Patron 127<br /> James C. Anderson, jr.</p>
<p>8. Plans, Measurement Systems, and Surveying: The Roman Technology of Pre–Building 140<br /> John R. Senseney</p>
<p>9. Materials and Techniques 157<br /> Lynne C. Lancaster and Roger B. Ulrich</p>
<p>10. Labor Force and Execution 193<br /> Rabun Taylor</p>
<p>11. Urban Sanctuaries: The Early Republic to Augustus 207<br /> John W. Stamper</p>
<p>12. Monumental Architecture of Non–Urban Cult Places in Roman Italy 228<br /> Tesse D. Stek</p>
<p>13. Fora 248<br /> James F.D. Frakes</p>
<p>14. Funerary Cult and Architecture 264<br /> Kathryn J. McDonnell</p>
<p>15. Building for an Audience: The Architecture of Roman Spectacle 281<br /> Hazel Dodge</p>
<p>16. Roman Imperial Baths and Thermae 299<br /> Fikret K. Yeg&uuml;l</p>
<p>17. Courtyard Architecture in the Insulae of Ostia Antica 324<br /> Roger B. Ulrich</p>
<p>18. Domus/Single Family House 342<br /> John R. Clarke</p>
<p>19. Private Villas: Italy and the Provinces 363<br /> Mantha Zarmakoupi</p>
<p>20. Romanization 381<br /> Louise Revell</p>
<p>21. Streets and Facades 399<br /> Ray Laurence</p>
<p>22. Vitruvius and his Influence 412<br /> Ingrid D. Rowland</p>
<p>23. Ideological Applications: Roman Architecture and Fascist Romanit&agrave; 426<br /> Genevieve S. Gessert</p>
<p>24. Visualizing Architecture Then and Now: Mimesis and the Capitoline Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus 446<br /> Melanie Grunow Sobocinski</p>
<p>25. Conservation 462<br /> William Aylward</p>
<p>Glossary 480</p>
<p>References 501</p>
<p>Index 565</p>

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