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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456756403321

Autore

Beckmann Martin

Titolo

The Column of Marcus Aurelius [[electronic resource] ] : the genesis & meaning of a Roman imperial monument / / Martin Beckmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2011

ISBN

1-4696-0302-0

0-8078-7777-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Collana

Studies in the history of Greece and Rome

Disciplina

725/.940945632

Soggetti

Column of Marcus Aurelius (Rome, Italy)

Column of Marcus Aurelius (Rome, Italy) - History

Relief (Sculpture), Ancient - Italy - Rome

Friezes - Italy - Rome

Monuments - Social aspects - Rome - History

Monuments - Political aspects - Rome - History

Imperialism - Social aspects - Rome - History

Electronic books.

Rome (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc

Rome History Marcus Aurelius, 161-180

Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D

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 (p. 233-242) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The date and purpose of the column -- The dust of northern warfare : choice of location -- Form & function -- Planning & construction -- The frieze : concept & draft -- Carving the frieze -- The frieze as history -- The frieze as art -- Viewing the column -- Epilogue : the columns of Trajan, Marcus Aurelius, and Arcadius.

Sommario/riassunto

One of the most important monuments of Imperial Rome and at the same time one of the most poorly understood, the Column of Marcus Aurelius has long stood in the shadow of the Column of Trajan. In The Column of Marcus Aurelius, Martin Beckmann makes a thorough study of the form, content, and meaning of this infrequently studied monument. Beckmann employs a new approach to the column, one that



focuses on the process of its creation and construction, to uncover the cultural significance of the column to the Romans of the late second century A.D. Using clues from ancient sources and from th