{"product_id":"a-companion-to-roman-architecture-isbn-9781405199643","title":"A Companion to Roman Architecture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eCompanion to Roman Architecture \u003c\/i\u003epresents a comprehensive review of the critical issues and approaches that have transformed scholarly understanding in recent decades in one easy-to-reference volume.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a cross-disciplinary approach to Roman architecture, spanning technology, history, art, politics, and archaeology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together contributions by leading scholars in architectural history\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn essential guide to recent scholarship, covering new archaeological discoveries, lesser known buildings, new technologies and space and construction\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes extensive, up-to-date bibliography and glossary of key Roman architectural terms\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaps\/General Images xviii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Italic Architecture of the Earlier First Millennium BCE 6\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJeffrey A. Becker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Rome and Her Neighbors: Greek Building Practices in Republican Rome 27\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePenelope J.E. Davies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Creating Imperial Architecture 45\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eInge Nielsen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Columns and Concrete: Architecture from Nero to Hadrian 63\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCaroline K. Quenemoen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. The Severan Period 82\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEdmund V. Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. The Architecture of Tetrarchy 106\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEmanuel Mayer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. Architect and Patron 127\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames C. Anderson, jr.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. Plans, Measurement Systems, and Surveying: The Roman Technology of Pre-Building 140\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn R. Senseney\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9. Materials and Techniques 157\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLynne C. Lancaster and Roger B. Ulrich\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10. Labor Force and Execution 193\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRabun Taylor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11. Urban Sanctuaries: The Early Republic to Augustus 207\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn W. Stamper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12. Monumental Architecture of Non-Urban Cult Places in Roman Italy 228\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTesse D. Stek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13. Fora 248\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames F.D. Frakes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14. Funerary Cult and Architecture 264\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKathryn J. McDonnell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15. Building for an Audience: The Architecture of Roman Spectacle 281\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHazel Dodge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e16. Roman Imperial Baths and Thermae 299\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFikret K. Yegül\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e17. Courtyard Architecture in the Insulae of Ostia Antica 324\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRoger B. Ulrich\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e18. Domus\/Single Family House 342\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn R. Clarke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e19. Private Villas: Italy and the Provinces 363\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMantha Zarmakoupi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e20. Romanization 381\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLouise Revell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e21. Streets and Facades 399\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRay Laurence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e22. Vitruvius and his Influence 412\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIngrid D. Rowland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e23. Ideological Applications: Roman Architecture and Fascist Romanità 426\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGenevieve S. Gessert\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e24. Visualizing Architecture Then and Now: Mimesis and the Capitoline Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus 446\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMelanie Grunow Sobocinski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e25. Conservation 462\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam Aylward\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 480\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 501\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 565\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This comprehensive volume of almost 600 pages deserves praise. Its 25 chapters have a chronological as well as a thematic focus, and cover the broader Roman Empire as well as specific case studies.\" (\u003ci\u003eBryn Mawr Classical Review\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 March 2015)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The Companion is an important study that opens up new avenues for discussion and consideration, challenges what is currently perceived to be the approved wisdom on Roman architecture and encourages a new approach to understanding the material culture of a society that remains evident and influential in our own.\" (\u003ci\u003eReference Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 October 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through graduate students.\" (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 June 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The line-up of contributers is extremley impressive, with most chapters written by the very scolors whose names immediately sprang to my own mind on seeing their titles\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Roman Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, May 2016)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoger B. Ulrich\u003c\/b\u003e is Ralph Butterfield Professor of Classics at Dartmouth College, where he teaches Roman Archaeology and Latin and directs Dartmouth’s Rome Foreign Study Program in Italy. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Roman Orator and the Sacred Stage\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ehe Roman\u003c\/i\u003e Templum Rostratum(1994) and \u003ci\u003eRoman Woodworking\u003c\/i\u003e (2007).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaroline K. Quenemoen\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor in the Practice and Director of Fellowships and Undergraduate Research at Rice University. Previously she taught courses in Greek and Roman art and archaeology at Rice. Her research focuses on Roman architecture, including articles on the House of Augustus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRoman architecture is arguably the most enduring physical legacy of the classical world. \u003ci\u003eA\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eCompanion to Roman Architecture \u003c\/i\u003epresents a selective overview of the critical issues and approaches that have transformed scholarly understanding of this rich field of study in recent decades. This volume draws on new archaeological discoveries and theoretical approaches in order to provide an updated historical understanding of Roman architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten by leading experts in architectural history who aim to understand Roman architecture as an integrated cultural practice, the \u003ci\u003eCompanion \u003c\/i\u003ecovers formal analysis, the design and construction process, the ancient and modern reception of Roman architecture and the dynamic interplay among aesthetics, social structure, politics, and geography in the production and use of Roman architecture. With cross-disciplinary sections covering technology, history, art, politics, and archaeology, this collection is an essential reference work for students and scholars.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988615184613,"sku":"NP9781405199643","price":226.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405199643.jpg?v=1761780982","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/a-companion-to-roman-architecture-isbn-9781405199643","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}