The Column of Marcus Aurelius [[electronic resource] ] : the genesis & meaning of a Roman imperial monument / / Martin Beckmann
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 725/.940945632 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Rome (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc |
| Rome History Marcus Aurelius, 161-180 | |
| Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Column of Marcus Aurelius |
| ISBN: | 1-4696-0302-0 |
| 0-8078-7777-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910809129103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Studies in the history of Greece and Rome.