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Autore |
Beckmann Martin |
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Titolo |
The Column of Marcus Aurelius [[electronic resource] ] : the genesis & meaning of a Roman imperial monument / / Martin Beckmann |
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-4696-0302-0 |
0-8078-7777-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (264 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies in the history of Greece and Rome |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-242) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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