Roman Architecture Janet Delaine Oxford University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία Arts

Roman Architecture Casts New Light Not Only On Many Familiar Monuments Of The City Rome But Also Less Well-Known Examples From Across Empire And Its Were Fundamental To Development Western Forms Motifs Remain Significant Elements Our Own Built Environments Places Varied Ancient Humble Apartment Blocks Grand Public Structures Within Broader Context Society It Takes As Starting Point Writings Architect Vitruvius One Voice In A Contemporary Debate About Nature Value What Did Romans Themselves Think Was For? By Whom Why? How Represented Text Image? Interplay Type Variation That Are Hallmark Here Traced Back Human Actions Choices Which They Originated Janet Delaine Explores Desires Patrons For Novelty Individuality Met Architects Builders Working Practical Constraints Available Materials Moral Prescriptions Religious Social Norms Create Ranging Early Late This Volume Through An Examination Key Types Buildings At Heart Their Decoration Reveals Symbolic Meaning Terms Competitive Power Displays Commemoration Helped Define Being \ Roman\ Different Times Σελίδες: 304 Διαστάσεις: 16 8X16 8Cm