Monumentality and the Roman Empire : Architecture in the Antonine Age


Edmund. Thomas
Bok Engelsk 2007 · Electronic books.
Utgitt
Oxford : : Oxford University Press, UK, , 2007.
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1 online resource (405 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; List of Figures; List of Maps; Abbreviations; Glossary; INTRODUCTION; PART I: MONUMENTAL FORM; PART II: MONUMENTS OF CITY AND EMPIRE; PART III: MONUMENTS AND MEMORY; PART IV: RESPONSES TO MONUMENTS; GENERAL CONCLUSION; MAPS; APPENDICES; TABLES; INDEXES. - The quality of 'monumentality' commonly attributed to the buildings of the Roman Empire has helped to make them enduring models for builders of later periods. This extensively illustrated book is the first full-length study of the concept of monumentality in Classical Antiquity, and its significance for the Romans themselves. - ;The quality of 'monumentality' is attributed to the buildings of few historical epochs or cultures more frequently or consistently than to those of the Roman Empire. It is this quality that has helped to make them enduring models for builders of later periods. This ext
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