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Roman Architecture

Book by Frank Sear; Routledge, 1998

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Architecture, Roman, Architecture--Rome

Collections: History, Entire Library

...LYTTELTON, M., Baroque Architecture in Classical Antiquity...MACDONALD, W. L., The Architecture of the Roman Empire, I: An Introductory...MACDONALD, W. L., The Architecture of the Roman Empire, II: An Urban Appraisal...
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The Golden House of Nero: Some Aspects of Roman Architecture

Book by Axel Boëthius; University of Michigan Press, 1960

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

Collections: History, Entire Library

...centuries after about 400 B.C. Roman conservatism is revealed by...Paradoxa v. 2. 38 . The Roman traditions developed in old...sixth books, is utilitarian architecture. The Romans boasted that they were unrivaled...those three demonstrations of Roman power. This is no doubt true...
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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

...General histories of ancient architecture and books dealing with large...a Greek, and Greek with Roman and Etruscan . p. xi Borrmann...written by Ashby T. 2. b Roman and Etruscan . Durn J. Die...infra; and see further under Roman materials and methods , 2 d...
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Roman Sources of Christian Art

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

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

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...135 A.D. from Rivoira, Roman Architecture Rome, Tempio di Siepe in the...138 A.D. from Rivoira, Roman Architecture Rome, Tomb Known as Tor de...244 A.D. from Rivoira, Roman Architecture Rome, Temple of Minerva Medica...
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The Roman House in Britain

Book by Dominic Perring; Routledge, 2002

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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

...Between Military and Civilian Architecture in Roman Britain, in T.F.C...with I. Hayes (eds), Architecture in Roman Britain , CBA Res...Lasfargues (ed.), Architectures de terre et de bois , Documents...Some Aspects of Roman Architecture , Ann Arbor. --1978...

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Journal Articles on: roman architecture

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The Social Origins of Christian Architecture. Volume I: Building God's House in the Roman World: Architectural Adaptation among Pagans, Jews and Christians

Journal article by Tim Vivian; Anglican Theological Review, Vol. 80, 1998

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Architecture, Christianity, Church buildings, History, Nonfiction

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Social Origins of Christian Architecture. Volume I: Building Gods House in the Roman World: Architectural Adaptation...Building Gods House in the Roman World: Architectural Adaptation...walking through the forum of any Roman city in the third century...
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Structure/ornament and the Modern Figuration of Architecture

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

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Architecture, Art criticism, Church buildings

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...Modern Figuration of Architecture by Anne-Marie Sankovitch Roman architecture often...achievements of Greek and Roman architecture."42 That their...that transitional architecture where the pointed...of the Greeks and Romans. Saint-Eustache...
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Architecture and Music Reunited: A New Reading of Dufay's Nuper Rosarum Flores and the Cathedral of Florence

Journal article by Marvin Trachtenberg; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 54, 2001

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Architecture, Renaissance--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Cathedrals--Italy, Dufay, Guillaume--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Florence, Italy--Historic sites, Motets--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...physical forms of ancient Roman architecture. It is possible to...to make the nave "Roman," was that the Templum...spoils taken by the Romans from the destroyed...the "Massenbau" of Roman imperial architecture (seen here for the...
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"Begin to Grow Rude and Clamorous": English Politics and the Battle over Church Architecture, 1714-1760

Journal article by R. Barry Levis; Journal of Church and State, Vol. 47, 2005

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Architecture, Church & state, Church buildings, European history, Politics, United Kingdom

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...the Battle over Church Architecture, 1714-1760 by R...architects who followed the Roman architect Vitruvius...the Whig-sanctioned architecture did not totally convince...endeavoured to restore the Roman Architecture in Italy built a Temple...
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Architecture and Tourism in Italian Colonial Libya: An Ambivalent Modernism

Journal article by Adel Manai; Canadian Journal of History, Vol. 41, 2006

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Architecture and Tourism in Italian Colonial Libya: An Ambivalent Modernism (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

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...Libya was a former Roman colony. Italy would...According to this architecture the so-called Arab architecture is inspired by Roman architecture. This was increasingly asserted by Italian architectures in the 1820s and, after...

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Magazine Articles on: roman architecture

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Pietro Da Cortona and Roman Baroque Architecture

Magazine article by David Watkin; The Architectural Review, Vol. 224, November 2008

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Books--Book reviews, Pietro da Cortona and Roman Baroque Architecture (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

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Pietro Da Cortona and Roman Baroque Architecture. by David Watkin By Jorg Martin...reconstruction of the ancient Roman Sanctuary to the Goddess of Fortune...exedras, a piece of landscape architecture which it is still thrilling to...
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My Temple with a Frieze: Learning from the Greeks and Romans

Magazine article by Susan Fritsche; Arts & Activities, Vol. 148, January 2011

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Architecture, Greek--Study and teaching, Architecture, Roman--Study and teaching, Art history--Study and teaching, Elementary school students, Engineering models--Design and construction, Greek architecture--Study and teaching, Roman architecture--Study and teaching, Temples--Models

Collections: Education, History, Entire Library

...Learning from the Greeks and Romans. by Susan Fritsche My fourth...time to discuss the Greek and Roman era, I looked for a project...teach the students about the architecture of this period. Both Greeks and Romans placed the building of temples...way to learn about Greek and Roman architecture! LEARNING OBJECTIVES...
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Character of and in American Architecture

Magazine article by Leland M. Roth; Phi Kappa Phi Forum, Vol. 83, Summer 2003

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Architecture, History, United States

Collections: History, Entire Library

...example of the balance and decorum of ancient Roman architecture. Hence it became the model for his capitol...architects represented excellence in contemporary architecture, just as ancient Roman architecture did for Jefferson. Eventually the salient...
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The Next 100 Years of Architecture

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

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Architectural design--Innovations, Architecture--Forecasts

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...visible portions of architecture, both internally and...change. A return to architecture reminiscent of the classical...of ancient Greek and Roman architecture stood out...style or concept in architecture becomes more and more...Tech, and even classic Roman and Greek architecture...
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Travels in the History of Architecture

Magazine article by David Souden; History Today, Vol. 59, November 2009

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Books--Book reviews, Travels in the History of Architecture (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Travels in the History of Architecture. by David Souden Robert...Wilting in the History of Architecture, not just because it is...Modernists, via Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Romanesque...Baroque and Historicist architecture, this book is filled with...

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Newspaper Articles on: roman architecture

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ART OF THE IMPROBABLE; Anne Redpath Was the Key Figure in the Edinburgh School and Opened the Door for Women Artists - and Though a Presbyterian, Her Devotion to Roman Catholic Architecture Defined Her Work

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 17, 2010

Subjects:

Architecture, Michie, David, Painters, Painters (Artists), Women

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

...Presbyterian, Her Devotion to Roman Catholic Architecture Defined Her Work. Byline: by...to capture the quintessential Roman Catholic subject which had consumed...Redpath was not only fascinated by Roman Catholic imagery, but also by...
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Trulli Scrumptious; Puglia, in the Heel of Italy's Boot, Borrows Its Food and Architecture from the Greeks, the Spanish and the Romans, and Ends Up Being out of This World, Discovers Lydia Slater

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), May 1, 2009

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

...Boot, Borrows Its Food and Architecture from the Greeks, the Spanish and the Romans, and Ends Up Being out of...Greeks, the Spanish and the Romans, and ends up being out of...centuries, Greeks, Turks, Romans, Saracens, Normans and the...dragons), wandered round the Roman amphitheatre in the Piazza...
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Wall-to-Wall Hadrian; Roman Relics: Left to Right, a Peacock Statue from Hadrian's Mausoleum, His Young Male Lover Antinous and Wife Sabina Emperor's Old Clothes: An Onlooker Studies a Statue of Hadrian in Full Battle Dress. the British Museum Exhibition Shows Him as a Ruthless Military Leader as Well as a Lover of Greek Culture with an Interest in Architecture

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 22, 2008

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British Museum

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

Wall-to-Wall Hadrian; Roman Relics: Left to Right, a...Culture with an Interest in Architecture. Byline: LOUISE JURY HE has...Terracotta Warriors. Hadrian, the Roman emperor best known in Britain...better-known images of the Roman leader, such as the British...
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Steam Power; Bath Has Always Been a Destination for Pleasure Seekers, from the Romans Who Arrived to Ogle Naked Gladiators, to Jane Austen Who Came for the Balls. Today, the Mixture of Sybaritic Indulgence and World-Class Architecture Is as Potent as Ever. It's Bath Time, Says Andy Barker

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), January 8, 2010

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

...Pleasure Seekers, from the Romans Who Arrived to Ogle Naked...Indulgence and World-Class Architecture Is as Potent as Ever. Its...Stepping down into the excavated Roman Baths (the land has risen...greatest examples of Georgian architecture. Designed by John Wood the...captures something of the Roman Baths. Vast and echoey...
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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

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Architecture

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

...Signal That Second-Rate Architecture Will No Longer Be Tolerated...Soviet Russia look like iconic architecture. Who can forget the hideous...Lime Street? The world of architecture seems to have regarded Liverpool...architecture in Liverpool the Roman Catholic cathedral in Brownlow...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: roman architecture

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Roman Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

ROMAN ARCHITECTURE structures produced by the ancient Romans. The Etruscans The origins of Roman architecture can be...monuments of Roman architecture belong chiefly to the...Venus at Baalbek. Roman Architectural Innovations...structures developed by the Romans themselves were basilicas...
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French Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

FRENCH ARCHITECTURE structures created in the...south of France during the Roman conquest in the 1st cent...Well-preserved examples of Roman architecture include the...Carolingian buildings. The Roman basilica form predominated...
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Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...Christian Era The Romans and the early Christians...Chinese, nor Japanese architecture used the vault system...Asian division of the Roman Empire, vault development...forms and ornaments of Roman antiquity were resuscitated...Georgian style was among architectures notable 18th-century...expressions (see Georgian architecture ). The first half...New World, New Architectures The architects of...
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Italian Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

ITALIAN ARCHITECTURE the several styles employed in Italy after the Roman period. The Romanesque Italys Romanesque architecture (12th cent.) reveals the...Brunelleschi emulated the ancient Romans in his masterly construction...Alberti borrowed freely from a Roman triumphal arch in his design...
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Byzantine Art and Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

BYZANTINE ART AND ARCHITECTURE works of art and structures...made it the capital of the Roman Empire (a.d. 330) and...based on the great legacy of Roman formal and technical achievements...reliance upon traditional Roman models. The most imposing...

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