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'Monumentality and the Roman Age' presents a study of the concept of monumentality in classical antiquity, asks what it is that the notion encompasses and how significant it was for the Romans themselves in moulding their individual or collective aspirations and identities.

Architecture, Roman. --- Monuments --- Historical monuments --- Architecture --- Sculpture --- Historic sites --- Memorials --- Public sculpture --- Statues --- Roman architecture

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This volume deals with the architectural history of the theatre in Roman Palestine and Provincia Arabia, a region which comprised a Jewish, Nabataean, and Hellenized population but lacked any tradition of classical theatre. The earliest examples, erected by Herod, were actually a foreign imposition upon the landscape of Judaea, while the theatres built in the Nabataean kingdom provided no more than an architectural setting for activities which were often unrelated to theatre in the accepted sense. When the Hellenized cities in the region began building their theatres, classical plays were already disappearing from the stage throughout the Roman world, their place taken by lighter, less select forms of public entertainment. The author then offers a comprehensive architectural analysis of each of the thirty theatres so far uncovered in the area. Richly illustrated, it provides a vivid reconstruction of a world which, though long gone, continues to fascinate.

Architecture --- Roman history --- Theaters --- Amphitheaters --- Architecture, Roman --- Théâtres --- Architecture romaine --- -Amphitheaters --- -Architecture, Roman --- -Roman architecture --- Coliseums --- Outdoor concert facilities --- Opera-houses --- Playhouses (Theaters) --- Theatres --- Arts facilities --- Auditoriums --- Centers for the performing arts --- Music-halls --- -Theaters --- Théâtres --- Roman architecture

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In this richly illustrated book, art historian John R. Clarke helps us see the ancient Roman house "with Roman eyes." Clarke presents a range of houses, from tenements to villas, and shows us how enduring patterns of Roman wall decoration tellingly bear the cultural, religious, and social imprints of the people who lived with them.In case studies of seventeen excavated houses, Clarke guides us through four centuries of Roman wall painting, mosaic, and stucco decoration, from the period of the "Four Styles" (100 B.C. to A.D. 79) to the mid- third century. The First Style Samnite House shows its debt to public architecture in its clear integration of public and private spaces. The Villa of Oplontis asserts the extravagant social and cultural climate of the Second Style. Gemlike Third-Style rooms from the House of Lucretius Fronto reflect the refinement and elegance of Augustan tastes. The Vettii brothers' social climbing helps explain the overburdened Fourth-Style decoration of their famous house. And evidence of remodelling leads Clarke to conclude that the House of Jupiter and Ganymede became a gay hotel in the second century.In his emphasis on social and spiritual dimensions, Clarke offers a contribution to Roman art and architectural history that is both original and accessible to the general reader. The book's superb photographs not only support the author's findings but help to preserve an ancient legacy that is fast succumbing to modern deterioration resulting from pollution and vandalism.

Architecture, Roman --- Architecture, Domestic --- Mural painting and decoration, Roman --- Mural painting and decoration --- Mosaics, Roman --- Mosaics --- Roman mural painting and decoration --- Roman architecture

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The role doors and windows play in shaping the life and structure of Roman private dwellings has been underestimated; they are structures that connect not only rooms but houses to the outside world, and they relate to privacy, security, and light in domestic spaces. This volume analyses these structures as an essential part of daily life.

Architecture, Roman. --- Architecture, Domestic --- Doors --- Windows --- Architecture, Roman --- Architecture, Domestic - Rome --- Doors - Rome --- Windows - Rome --- Architecture romaine. --- Portes --- Fenêtres --- Architecture --- Building --- Glazing --- Carpentry --- Roman architecture --- Details

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This book explores the spoliation of architectural and sculptural materials during the Roman empire. Examining a wide range of materials, including imperial portraits, statues associated with master craftsmen, architectural moldings and fixtures, tombs and sarcophagi, arches and gateways, it demonstrates that secondary intervention was common well before Late Antiquity, in fact, centuries earlier than has been previously acknowledged. The essays in this volume, written by a team of international experts, collectively argue that re-use was a natural feature of human manipulation of the physical environment, rather than a sign of social pressure. Re-use often reflected appreciation for the function, form, and design of the material culture of earlier eras. Political, social, religious, and economic factors also contributed to the practice. A comprehensive overview of spoliation and re-use, this volume examines the phenomenon in Rome and throughout the Mediterranean world.

Architecture, Roman. --- Sculpture materials --- Aesthetics, Roman. --- Building materials --- Material culture --- Sculpture, Roman. --- Roman sculpture --- Culture --- Folklore --- Technology --- Architectural materials --- Architecture --- Building --- Building supplies --- Buildings --- Construction materials --- Structural materials --- Materials --- Roman aesthetics --- Artists' materials --- Roman architecture --- Recycling --- Spolia