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Record Nr.

UNINA9910208821203321

Titolo

A companion to Roman architecture / / edited by Roger B. Ulrich and Caroline K. Quenemoen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley and Sons, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-118-32511-7

1-118-32514-1

1-118-32512-5

1-118-32513-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 589 p.)

Collana

Blackwell companions to the ancient world

Classificazione

LIT004190

Altri autori (Persone)

UlrichRoger B

QuenemoenCaroline K

Disciplina

720.37

Soggetti

Architecture, Roman

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note:  Notes on Contributors Maps/General Images Introduction 1. Italic Architecture of the Earlier First Millennium BCE Jeffrey A. Becker 2. Rome and Her Neighbors: Greek Building Practices In Republican Rome Penelope J.E. Davies 3. Creating Imperial Architecture Inge Nielsen 4. Columns and Concrete: Architecture from Nero to Hadrian Caroline K. Quenemoen 5. The Severan Period E.V. Thomas 6. The Architecture of Tetrarchy Emanuel Mayer 7. Architect and Patron James C. Anderson, Jr. 8. Plans, Measurement Systems, and Surveying: The Roman Technology of Pre-Building John R. Senseney 9. Materials and Techniques Lynne C. Lancaster and Roger B. Ulrich 10. Labor Force and Execution Rabun Taylor 11. Urban sanctuaries: The Early Republic to Augustus John W. Stamper 12. Monumental Architecture of Non-Urban Cult Places in Roman Italy Tesse D. Stek 13. Fora James F. D. Frakes 14. Funerary Cult and Architecture Kathryn J. McDonnell 15. Building for an Audience: the Architecture of Roman Spectacle Hazel Dodge 16. Roman Imperial Baths and Thermae Fikret K. Yegul 17. Courtyard Architecture in the Insulae of Ostia Antica Roger B. Ulrich 18. Domus/Single Family House



John R. Clarke 19. Private Villas: Italy and the Provinces Mantha Zarmakoupi 20. Romanization Louise Revell 21. Streets and Facades Ray Laurence 22. Vitruvius and his Influence Ingrid Rowland 23. Ideological Applications: Roman Architecture and Fascist Romanità Genevieve S. Gessert 24. Visualizing Architecture Then and Now: Mimesis and the Capitoline Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus Melanie Grunow Sobocinski 25. Conservation William Aylward Glossary References Index .

Sommario/riassunto

"An essential guide to recent scholarship, covering new archaeological discoveries, lesser known buildings, new technologies, and space and construction"--