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Books on: roman architecture

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Roman Architecture

Book by Frank Sear; Routledge, 1998

Subjects:

Architecture, Roman, Architecture--Rome

Collections: History, Entire Library

In this comprehensive, accessible and beautifully illustrated book, Frank Sear traces the evolution of Roman architecture during the four centuries from the late Republic to AD 330, when Constantine moved the empire's capital to Constantinople.With over 200 diagrams, maps and photos, this lucid and ...
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In this comprehensive, accessible and beautifully illustrated book, Frank Sear traces the evolution of Roman architecture during the four centuries from the late Republic to AD 330, when Constantine moved the empire's capital to Constantinople.With over 200 diagrams, maps and photos, this lucid and eminently readable account is a detailed overview of the development of architecture from Augustine to Constantine.Covering building techniques and materials as well as architecture and patronage, features include:* deployment of the most recent archaeological evidence* consideration of building materials and methods used by Roman engineers and architects* examination of stylistic innovations* analysis of the historical and cultural contexts of Roman architecture* detailed exploration of key Roman sites including Ostia and Pompeii.In high demand since its initial publication, this book will not disappoint in its purpose to educate and delight those in the field of Roman architecture.
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The Golden House of Nero: Some Aspects of Roman Architecture

Book by Axel Boëthius; University of Michigan Press, 1960

Subjects:

Architecture, Roman, Cities And Towns, Ancient, City Planning--Rome

Collections: History, Entire Library

...HOUSE OF NERO Some Aspects of Roman Architecture JEROME LECTURES FIFTH SERIES...HOUSE OF NERO Some Aspects of Roman Architecture by AXEL BOETHIUS THE...Photoreference Collection of Roman Architecture and Topography Fototeca Unione...
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A Handbook of Greek & Roman Architecture

Book by D. S. Robertson; Cambridge University Press, 1959

Subjects:

Architecture--Greece--History, Architecture--Rome--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

A HANDBOOK of GREEK ROMAN ARCHITECTURE A HANDBOOK of GREEK ROMAN ARCHITECTURE by D. S. ROBERTSON Fellow of Trinity...the history of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman architecture, from the earliest times to the foundation...
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Roman Sources of Christian Art

Book by Emerson H. Swift; Columbia University Press, 1951

Subjects:

Architecture, Byzantine, Architecture, Roman, Church Decoration And Ornament

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...like assistance in Greek and Roman architecture; to James G. Van Derpool for...Rivoira, G. T., Roman Architecture Oxford, The Clarendon Press...Herculanensis from Rivoira, Roman Architecture Pompeii, Arches Directly...
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The Roman House in Britain

Book by Dominic Perring; Routledge, 2002

Subjects:

Architecture, Domestic--Great Britain, Architecture, Roman--Great Britain, Dwellings--Great Britain--History--To 500, Great Britain--Antiquities, Roman, Romans--Great Britain

Collections: History, Entire Library

This authoritative and original work sets the results of recent archaeological research in the context of classical scholarship, as it explores three main aspects of Romano-British buildings:* general characteristics of form and structure* the ways in which they were built and decorated* the range ...
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This authoritative and original work sets the results of recent archaeological research in the context of classical scholarship, as it explores three main aspects of Romano-British buildings:* general characteristics of form and structure* the ways in which they were built and decorated* the range of activities for which they were designed.This evidence is then used to discuss the social practices and domestic arrangements that characterised Romano-British elite society. Fully illustrated, this volume is the essential guide to how houses were built, used and understood in Roman Britain.
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Journal Articles on: roman architecture

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The Monument, or, Christopher Wren's Roman Accent

Journal article by John E. Moore; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 80, 1998

Subjects:

Architecture, Roman--England, Columns--History, London, England--Monuments, statues, etc., National monuments--England

Collections: Entire Library

...many aspects of Roman architecture, sources that he...from Wrens ancient Roman and sixteenth-century...century French architecture. In 1710, a German...undertakings of the Roman emperors in their...sculpture, modelling, architecture, painting, theatrical...
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Structure/ornament and the Modern Figuration of Architecture

Journal article by Anne-Marie Sankovitch; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 80, 1998

Subjects:

Architecture, Modern--Research, Decoration and ornament--Research

Collections: Entire Library

...Anne-Marie Sankovitch Roman architecture often reduced the Greek orders...apply the forms of ancient Roman architecture, which they knew badly, to...seductive foreign forms of Roman architecture are insinuated into a weakened...
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The Origins of Medieval Architecture: Building in Europe, A.D. 600-900

Journal article by Deborah M. Deliyannis; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 89, 2007

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, The Origins of Medieval Architecture: Building in Europe, A.D. 600-900 (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...material that is post-Roman but pre-Carolingian...of his book is architecture after the year...the imitation of Roman features in later...chapters cover the architecture of the "barbarian...of imitations of Roman architecture and of the architecture...
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Architecture and Machines

Journal article; Architectural Science Review, Vol. 47, 2004

Subjects:

Artifical Love--A Story of Machines and Architecture (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...the author has had about machines and architecture with his students. Of particular interest...Rome to give them a first-time view of Roman ruins and a description of what life...than about the relationship between architecture and machines; but unlike many contemporary...
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Gaudi's Architecture: A Poetic Form

Journal article by Esther Raventos-Pons; Mosaic (Winnipeg), Vol. 35, 2002

Subjects:

Architecture, Modern--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Gaudi, Antoni--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...adbent, "Deep" 137). Gaudis architecture is also a symbol, in Peirces...soul rising toward the sky. Roman Jakobson defines this association...Theorizing a New Agenda for Architecture. Ed. Kate Nesbitt. New York...Architectural, 1996.84-90. Jakobson, Roman. "Linguistics and Poetics...

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Magazine Articles on: roman architecture

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The Next 100 Years of Architecture

Magazine article by William Zuk; The Futurist, Vol. 28, November 1994

Subjects:

Architectural design--Innovations, Architecture--Forecasts

Collections: Entire Library

...the Midwest, influences of ancient Greek and Roman architecture stood out. The Far West returned to designs drawn...traces of biomorphism, Deco-Tech, and even classic Roman and Greek architecture could be seen superimposed on kinetic architecture...
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Architecture and Political Legitimation

Magazine article by Peter Blundell Jones; The Architectural Review, Vol. 200, July 1996

Subjects:

Architecture--Political aspects, Hitler, Adolf--Attitudes

Collections: Entire Library

...their myths of origins and their use of relics accordingly.(5) Architecture plays a major role in this process because it has always been...buildings therefore indicate age and stability. Greek and Roman temples are engraved in popular conssciousness as the most...
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Terpsichore and the Architects: 'I Have a Deep Sense of My Body's Architecture ... the Skeleton', Said Choreographer Trisha Brown in Her Prelude to the Royal Academy Forum Which Brought the Worlds of Dance and Architecture Together. in These Pages Jeremy Melvin Summarizes Contributions, from a Classicist, Two Architects, Three Choreographers and Artist David Ward

Magazine article by Simon Goldhill; The Architectural Review, Vol. 216, August 2004

Subjects:

Architecture--Comparative analysis, Choreographers--Management, Choreographers--Practice, Cleisthenes--History, Cleisthenes--Performances, Dance--Comparative analysis, Dance--Criticism and interpretation, Dance--Practice, Dancing--Comparative analysis, Dancing--Criticism and interpretation, Dancing--Practice, Statesmen--History, Statesmen--Performances

Collections: Entire Library

...religion, the chorus danced the architecture of the theatrical space into...is no record of any proper Roman man dancing. Upright Roman military men could not deal...that if you work with the architecture that surrounds you it will...
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House of Retreat: Completed Some 30 Years after Its Conception, This Remarkable Rural House in Andalusia by Emilio Ambasz Resonates with Place, Tradition and Nature in a Way That Has Wider Lessons for Amodern, Ecologically Responsive Architecture. Peter Buchanan Considers Its Significance

Magazine article by Peter Buchanan; The Architectural Review, Vol. 219, March 2006

Subjects:

Andalusia, Architecture--Appreciation, Household ecology--Usage, Housing, Rural--Design and construction, Rural housing--Design and construction

Collections: Entire Library

...vividly evokes a crucial dimension of a more complete green architecture of the future. It may not offer connection with community...is a vestigial impluvium (too vestigial, perhaps), which in Roman and Arabic prototypes collected rain from the heavens above...
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An Extraordinary Baroque Fusion of Architecture, Sculpture and Abstracted Nature, the Fontana Di Trevi Still Brings Aquatic Splendour and Drama to the Middle of Rome

Magazine article by Catherine Slessor; The Architectural Review, Vol. 213, January 2003

Subjects:

Architecture--Design and construction, Fountains--Design and construction, Rome, Italy

Collections: Entire Library

...palazzo above, orchestrating an exquisite unity of sculpture and architecture. Even Ruskin, no great fancier of the Baroque, was moved to...the Trevi continues to figure prominently in contemporary Roman life, notably as a backdrop for amatory interludes, both real...

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Newspaper Articles on: roman architecture

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Liverpool Needs to Send a Clear Signal That Second-Rate Architecture Will No Longer Be Tolerated

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), October 17, 2006

Subjects:

Architecture

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...depositary for all of the plans and schemes rejected everywhere else. You can list on one thumb post-war iconic architecture in Liverpool the Roman Catholic cathedral in Brownlow Hill. Call it Paddys Wigwam if you wish, but it is world class design and...
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Irina Has the Builders in as She Prepares Her Post-Roman Empire

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), May 17, 2007

Subjects:

Abramovich, Roman

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Her Post-Roman Empire. THE former wife of Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is creating a pounds sterling10 million home in...used in the mews house, in keepingwith the areas Georgian architecture. Mr Abramovich is understood to have the largest property...
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ARCHITECTURE : Two Mighty Symbols That Share a Street Called Hope; Liverpool's Two Monumental Cathedrals Create a Spectacle Unseen in Any Other British City, Writes Peter Elson

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), June 9, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

ARCHITECTURE : Two Mighty Symbols That Share a...Liverpool Cathedral was designed by a Roman Catholic, Giles Gilbert Scott, while...still remained the largest post-war Roman Catholic church commission. Sitting...Hughes in his book Liverpool City of Architecture refers to the building as undoubtedly...
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Salamanca Style; City on Plain Thrives on Legacy of Learning, Language, Architecture

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 11, 2002

Subjects:

Spain

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...style of Spanish Renaissance architecture, in which the stone embellishments...Salamanca also was on another Roman road that ran across much...Romans and Carthaginians. A Roman bridge still spans the Tormes...enthusiastic about new styles of architecture, especially in churches...
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Review: FANTASY ARCHITECTURE/ the Lowry

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), September 17, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...and obscure. Edwin Lutyens design for Liverpools unfinished Roman Catholic Cathedral is often described as the finest building...which has been built. In keeping with its title, Fantasy Architecture does not rely on drawings and models. There are also video...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: roman architecture

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Roman Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

ROMAN ARCHITECTURE structures produced by the ancient...The Etruscans The origins of Roman architecture can be traced to the Etruscans, who...Patterns The principal monuments of Roman architecture belong chiefly to the period between...
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French Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...attest. Classical architecture was introduced...France during the Roman conquest in the...Well-preserved examples of Roman architecture include the Maison...development of Gallic architecture, including Early...buildings. The Roman basilica form predominated...
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Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...orders of architecture ). Roman architecture...nor Japanese architecture used the vault...division of the Roman Empire, vault...years in Western architecture during which the...and ornaments of Roman antiquity were...
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Italian Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...employed in Italy after the Roman period. The Romanesque Italys Romanesque architecture (12th cent.) reveals...Renaissance art and architecture ). Brunelleschi emulated...borrowed freely from a Roman triumphal arch in his...
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Byzantine Art and Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...BYZANTINE ART AND ARCHITECTURE works of art...the capital of the Roman Empire (a.d. 330...Architecture The architecture of the Byzantine...great legacy of Roman formal and technical...upon traditional Roman models. The most...achievement of Byzantine architecture is the Church of...

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