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The architecture of Petra / Judith McKenzie.
Penn Museum Library DS154.9.P48 M34 1990
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LIBRA NA252.P48 M37 1990
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McKenzie, Judith, author.
- Series:
- British Academy monographs in archaeology ; no. 1.
- British Academy monographs in archaeology ; no. 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture--Expertising--Jordan--Petra (Extinct city).
- Architecture.
- Petra (Extinct city)--Buildings, structures, etc.
- Petra (Extinct city).
- Historic buildings--Jordan--Petra (Extinct city).
- Historic buildings.
- Mural painting and decoration, Greco-Roman--Italy--Pompeii (Extinct city).
- Mural painting and decoration, Greco-Roman.
- Tombs--Jordan--Petra (Extinct city).
- Tombs.
- Jordan--Antiquities.
- Jordan.
- Antiquities.
- Architecture--Expertising.
- Buildings.
- Italy--Pompeii (Extinct city).
- Jordan--Petra (Extinct city).
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Jordan--Petra (Extinct city).
- Petra (Extinct city)--Antiquities.
- Petra (Extinct city)--Architecture.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 209 pages, 245, 9 pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 31 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Published for the British Academy, the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem and the British Institute at Amman for Archaeology and History by Oxford University Press, ©1990.
- Summary:
- The Petra tombstones in Jordan are famed for their "baroque" architecture carved out of pink sandstone by the Nabataeans. This comprehensive survey, the first volume in the new British Academy Monographs in Archaeology series, dates many of the famous Petra monuments against similar rock-cut tombs at Medain Saleh in Saudi Arabia. Through close examination of the monuments as well as the little known remains of Ptolemaic Alexandria, the Hellenistic city founded by Alexander the Great, Murphy reveals that the earliest baroque architecture was that of Ptolemaic Alexandria. The style was then transmitted to Petra and Pompeii. Lavishly illustrated with over 700 photographs and figures, including a detailed catalog of the monuments, the volume uncovers Petra as a city, rather than merely a necropolis.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references ([173]-180) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: McKenzie, Judith. Architecture of Petra.
- ISBN:
- 019727000X
- 9780197270004
- OCLC:
- 23453313
- Online:
- Publisher description
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