Examines Roman architecture as a party of overall urban design and looks at arches, public buildings, tombs, columns, stairs, plazas, and streets.
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This review is from: The Architecture of the Roman Empire, Volume 1: An Introductory Study, Revised Edition (Yale Publications in the History of Art) (Paperback)
Although the book is titled an itroductory study, I would not reccomend to anyone start a journey into the Ancient Rome with McDonald's work, unless you are one of those persons who have deep fascination for Classical studies and ancient architecture. This book rewards an attentive reader and in the course of reading I was reffering constantly to Roman historians such as Seutonius and Tacitus. Through the careful analysis of the four great monuments of antiquity (the Domus Aurea, Domus Augustana, Trajan's Markets and the Pantheon), all centered in Rome, an author clearly shows a connections between symbolic meaning of the space, its forms, and construction techniques. This analysis is supplied with very descriptive illustrations, plans, and major dimensions of the explored monuments. In my opinion, this is one of the very few fundamental works on the Architecture of the Roman Empire that is available in English.
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THE NEW ARCHITECTURE of the Roman Empire first appeared fully characterized in Nero's Domus Aurea. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
vaulted design, vaulted style, great niches, vaulted architecture, ring cornice, rotunda exterior, annular vaults, conical vaults, architettura romana, aula regia, intermediate block, vaulted buildings, marble plan, vaulted construction, exterior cornice, putlog holes, stair systems, brick stamps, imperial architecture, structural solids, analytical drawing, imperial date, vertical center line, structural fabric, high empire Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Domus Aurea, Domus Flavia, Domus Augustana, Via Biberatica, Domus Transitoria, New York, Ward Perkins, Dio Cassius, Basilica Ulpia, Flavian Amphitheatre, Natural History, Trajan's Markets, Trajan's Forum, Van Deman, Pliny the Younger, Trajan's Baths, Baths of Titus, Circus Maximus, Domus Tiberiana, Bianchi Bandinelli, Markets of Trajan, Porta Maggiore, Van Essen, Sacra Via, Temple of Mercury New!
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THE NEW ARCHITECTURE of the Roman Empire first appeared fully characterized in Nero's Domus Aurea. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
vaulted design, vaulted style, great niches, vaulted architecture, ring cornice, rotunda exterior, annular vaults, conical vaults, architettura romana, aula regia, intermediate block, vaulted buildings, marble plan, vaulted construction, exterior cornice, putlog holes, stair systems, brick stamps, imperial architecture, structural solids, analytical drawing, imperial date, vertical center line, structural fabric, high empire Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Domus Aurea, Domus Flavia, Domus Augustana, Via Biberatica, Domus Transitoria, New York, Ward Perkins, Dio Cassius, Basilica Ulpia, Flavian Amphitheatre, Natural History, Trajan's Markets, Trajan's Forum, Van Deman, Pliny the Younger, Trajan's Baths, Baths of Titus, Circus Maximus, Domus Tiberiana, Bianchi Bandinelli, Markets of Trajan, Porta Maggiore, Van Essen, Sacra Via, Temple of Mercury New!
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- Roman Architecture (The great ages of world architecture) by Frank Edward Brown on 7 pages
- Roman Architecture (History of World Architecture) by John B. Ward-Perkins on 4 pages
- Architecture Of Ancient Rome by William Anderson on 4 pages
- Ancient Rome (Curious Kids Guides) by Fiona MacDonald on page 188, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Ancient Rome in the Light of Recent Discoveries by Rodolfo Lanciani on page 9, page 93, and Back Matter
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