Roman Architecture

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Cornell University Press, 1983 - 288 pages
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Frank Sear traces the evolution of architecture during the four centuries from the late Republic, when Roman building came of age, to A.D. 330, when Constantine moved the empire's capital to Constantinople. More than 200 photographs, maps, and drawings illustrate a discussion ranging over the extent of the empire, from Italy and North Africa and to the European and eastern provinces.Sear elucidates the complex development of Roman architecture by studying in detail the one site he feels to be the most significant and representative of a given period or province and by placing each site in its historical and cultural context. Incorporating the latest archaeological findings, Sear treats much more than stylist innovations; he carefully considers the building methods and materials used by Roman architects and engineers, and he pays close attention to the conditions under which the buildings were erected. This updated edition of Roman Architecture includes a full bibliography.
 

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Trajan and Hadrian
154
North Africa
185
The European Provinces
210
The Eastern Provinces
231
The Late Empire
255
Glossary
277
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Page 103 - It was not clear at that distance from which mountain the cloud was rising (it was afterwards known to be Vesuvius) ; its general appearance can best be expressed as being like an umbrella pine, for it rose to a great height on a sort of trunk and then split off into branches...
Page 241 - ... of the earlier poros gateway, the present impression is unclear and disappointing;. But when Pausanias visited Corinth in the second century of our era, he saw the arch surmounted by two gilded bronze fourhorse chariots bearing the sun-god Helios and his son Phaethon ; and the view of the stately street with its marble porticoes leading up to the great marble arch with its gleaming chariots, backed by the sheer grey cliffs of Acrocorinth, must have been memorable.
Page 74 - Vesuvius. This substance, when mixed with lime and rubble, not only lends strength to buildings of other kinds, but even when piers of it are constructed in the sea, they set hard under water.
Page 68 - The technique for establishing reference isoquants is called hedonic price index analysis, and it is beyond the scope of this book. Suffice it to say that the technique is both widely used and widely criticized.
Page 103 - Vesuvius) ; its general appearance can best be expressed as being like an umbrella pine, for it rose to a great height on a sort of trunk and then split off into branches, I imagine because it was thrust upwards by the first blast and then left unsupported as the pressure subsided, or else it was borne down by its own weight so that it spread out and gradually dispersed.
Page 7 - Acknowledgement is due to the following for their permission to reproduce illustrations in this book.
Page 97 - ... the sea, surrounded by buildings which gave the impression of cities; besides this there were rural areas with ploughed fields, vineyards, pastures, and woodlands, and filled with all types of domestic animals and wild beasts. Everything in the other parts of the palace was inlaid with gold and highlighted with gems and mother-of-pearl; there were dining rooms whose ceilings had rotating ivory panels to sprinkle flowers, and pipes to sprinkle perfumes on those below; the...
Page 69 - ... teaches us the use of the rule and compasses, by which especially we acquire readiness in making plans for buildings in their grounds, and rightly apply the square, the level, and the plummet. By means of optics, again, the light in buildings can be drawn from fixed quarters of the sky. It is true that it is by arithmetic that the total cost of buildings is calculated and measurements are computed, but difficult questions involving symmetry are solved by means of geometrical theories and methods.
Page 103 - He was at Misenum in command of the fleet. On the 24th August {79 AD), about 1 PM, my mother pointed out to him a cloud of unusual size and shape.
Page 33 - The House of the Mosaic Atrium and the House of the Stags are both splendid examples of the new-style housing at Herculaneum.

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Frank Sear is Professor of Classical Studies, Centre for Classics and Archaeology, University of Melbourne.

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