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Principles of Roman architecture
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ISBN: 0300081383 9780300102024 9780300081381 Year: 2000 Publisher: New Haven, Conn.: Yale university press,

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The architects of ancient Rome developed a vibrant and enduring tradition, inspiring those who followed in their profession even to the present day. This original book is the first to explore their approach to design. Mark Wilson Jones draws on both new archaeological discoveries and his own analyzes of the monuments to reveal how Roman architects went about the creative process. Wilson Jones begins by outlining the state of knowledge regarding Roman architects, Vitruvius in particular, as well as the dynamics of design as illuminated by surviving architectural drawings and models. Then, in a series of thematic chapters dedicated to the plan, the elevation, and the principal distributive element of Roman buildings, the Corinthian column, he focuses on underlying patterns of design that transcend function and typology. The success of Roman architecture is shown to rest on a robust yet subtle synthesis of theory, beauty, content, and practicality. At the same time, it maintains a vital equilibrium between the apparently conflicting goals of rule and variety. The next part of the book focuses on two singularly enigmatic monuments, Trajan’s Column and the Pantheon, to illustrate how architects might bend principles to circumstance. The author resolves long-standing controversies over their conception, showing how both structures came to be modified after work on the site had begun. Even the Romans’ mighty building machine had to come to terms with the gap between ideals and the physical realities of construction.


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The temple of peace in Rome
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ISBN: 1316795713 110717421X 1107162548 9781107174214 9781107162549 9781107162471 Year: 2017 Publisher: Cambridge: Cambridge university press,

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In this magisterial two-volume book, Pier Luigi Tucci offers a comprehensive examination of one of the key complexes of Ancient Rome, the Temple of Peace. Based on archival research and an architectural survey, his research sheds new light on the medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque transformations of the basilica, and the later restorations of the complex. Volume 1 focuses on the foundation of the complex under Vespasian until its restoration under Septimius Severus and challenges the accepted views about the ancient building. Volume 2 begins with the remodelling of the library hall and the construction of the rotunda complex, and examines the dedication of the Christian Basilica of SS Cosmas and Damian. Of interest to scholars in a range of topics, The Temple of Peace in Rome crosses the boundaries between classics, archaeology, history of architecture, and art history, through Late Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the early modern period.

Villa maritima : recherches sur les villas littorales de l'Italie romaine (IIIe siècle av. J.-C./IIIe siècle ap. J.-C.)
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ISBN: 2728306184 9782728306183 Year: 2001 Volume: 307 Publisher: Rome: École française de Rome,


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Les fontaines monumentales en Afrique romaine
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ISSN: 02235099 ISBN: 9782728313808 2728313806 2728313814 Year: 2019 Volume: 557 Publisher: Rome: École française de Rome,

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Les fontaines monumentales constituaient des marqueurs essentiels du paysage urbain de l'Antiquité. Dans les villes du Maghreb romain et tardo-antique, elles occupaient une place privilégiée que leur accordaient peu d'autres régions de l'empire. Cet ouvrage prend en considération les provinces romaines d'Afrique, entre Atlantique et Tripolitaine, au cours des six premiers siècles de notre ère. Les nalyses et les résultats de cette recherche se fondent sur un catalogue d'édifices et un corpus épigraphique inédits. Soulignant les enjeux passés et présents dans l'étude de l'hydraulique antique, l'enquête retrace l'histoire des explorations archéologiques en Afrique du Nord, pour s'intéresser ensuite aux relations entre terminologie et classifications typologiques modernes et dresser un tableau de l'évolution morphologique des fontaines monumentales antiques. L'analyse technique et architecturale des édifices constitue le coeur de cette étude qui prend également en compte la gestion des aménagements hydrauliques et la perception des fontaines dans le tissu urbain. Il s'agit ici de considérer les fontaines monumentales comme des composantes de la ville et du réseau hydraulique. Cette réflexion envisage ainsi l'ensemble de la circulation et des usages de l'eau et ambitionne plus largement de penser la civilisation urbaine, les aménagements de la ville antique et ses transformations sur la longue durée.

The elegiac cityspace : Propertius and the meaning of Roman monuments
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ISBN: 0814210090 0814290876 0814257593 0814272770 9780814210093 Year: 2005 Publisher: Colombus: Ohio State University press,

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Elegiac poetry, Latin --- City and town life in literature --- Politics and literature --- Literature and society --- Public architecture --- History and criticism --- Propertius, Sextus. --- Augustus, --- In literature --- Influence --- Rome --- Architecture in literature. --- City and town life in literature. --- Imperialism in literature. --- Masculinity in literature. --- Monuments in literature. --- History and criticism. --- In literature. --- Influence. --- Architecture in literature --- Imperialism in literature --- Masculinity in literature --- Monuments in literature --- Architecture, Public --- Civic architecture --- Architecture --- Masculinity (Psychology) in literature --- Octavius Caesar, --- Gaius Octavius, --- Octavius, Gaius, --- Octavianus, --- Octavianus, Gaius Julius Caesar, --- Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, --- Octavian, --- Caius Julius Caesar Octavianus, --- T︠S︡ezarʹ Oktavian Avgust, --- Oktavian-Avgust, T︠S︡ezarʹ, --- Avgust, T︠S︡ezarʹ Oktavian, --- Octavianus Augustus, --- Augusto, --- Cesarz August, --- Ogusṭus, --- Augustus Caesar, --- Gaius Octavius Thurinus, --- Octavio Augusto, --- Cayo Octavio Turino, --- Thurinus, Gaius Octavius, --- Turino, Cayo Octavio, --- אוגוסטוס --- Elegiac poetry, Latin - History and criticism --- Politics and literature - Rome --- Literature and society - Rome --- Public architecture - Rome --- Propertius, Sextus. - Elegiae. - Liber 4 --- Augustus, - Emperor of Rome, - 63 B.C.-14 A.D. - In literature --- Augustus, - Emperor of Rome, - 63 B.C.-14 A.D. - Influence --- Rome - In literature --- Augustus, - Emperor of Rome, - 63 B.C.-14 A.D.

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