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The Column of Marcus Aurelius : the genesis & meaning of a Roman imperial monument / Martin Beckmann.
Fine Arts Library NA9340.R4 B43 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beckmann, Martin, 1971-
- Series:
- Studies in the history of Greece and Rome
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Column of Marcus Aurelius (Rome, Italy).
- Column of Marcus Aurelius (Rome, Italy)--History.
- Friezes.
- Relief (Sculpture), Ancient.
- History.
- Rome (Italy)--Buildings, structures, etc.
- Rome (Italy).
- Relief (Sculpture), Ancient--Italy--Rome.
- Friezes--Italy--Rome.
- Monuments--Social aspects--Rome--History.
- Monuments.
- Monuments--Political aspects--Rome--History.
- Imperialism--Social aspects--Rome--History.
- Imperialism.
- Rome--History--Marcus Aurelius, 161-180.
- Rome.
- Rome (Empire).
- Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.
- Italy--Rome.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 248 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2011]
- Contents:
- The date and purpose of the column
- The dust of northern warfare : choice of location
- Form & function
- Planning & construction
- The frieze : concept & draft
- Carving the frieze
- The frieze as history
- The frieze as art
- Viewing the column
- Epilogue : the columns of Trajan, Marcus Aurelius, and Arcadius.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-242) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780807834619
- 0807834610
- OCLC:
- 668197649
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