Principles of Roman Architecture
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: February 8, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780300081381
Subjects: History of art: BCE to c 500 CE, ancient & classical world; Theory of architecture; Roman Architecture; Architecture; Ancient Rome; General; History - General; Architecture / General; Architecture, Roman; Italy; Rome
First sentence: The paucity of knowledge about ancient architects, combined with the limitations of the surviving literary sources, make the monuments themselves the primary source for understanding Roman architectural design.
Notes: Includes Notes, Bibliography and Illustration Credits
Table of contents: label: Introduction
title: The Problem of Interpretation
pagenum: 1; label: 1
title: Questions of Identity
pagenum: 19; label: 2
title: Vitruvius and Theory
pagenum: 33; label: 3
title: The Dynamics of Design
pagenum: 49; label: 4
title: Ground Rules: Principles of Number and Measure
pagenum: 71; label: 5
title: Ground Rules: Arithmetic and Geometry
pagenum: 87; label: 6
title: Coping with Columns: The Elevation
pagenum: 109; label: 7
title: A Genius for Synthesis: The Corinthian Order
pagenum: 135; label: 8
title: Trajan's Column
pagenum: 161; label: 9
title: The Enigma of the Pantheon: The Interior
pagenum: 177; label: 10
title: The Enigma of the Pantheon: The Exterior
pagenum: 199