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San Vitale in Ravenna and octogonal churches in late antiquity / Mark. J. Johnson.
Fine Arts Library NA5621.R3 J645 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson, Mark Joseph.
- Series:
- Spätantike, frühes Christentum, Byzanz. Studien und Perspektiven ; Reihe B, Bd. 44.
- Spätantike - frühes Christentum - Byzanz. Reihe B, Studien und Perspektiven ; Band 44
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Basilica di S. Vitale (Ravenna, Italy).
- Church buildings.
- History.
- Church architecture.
- Europe.
- Italy--Ravenna.
- Basilica di S. Vitale (Ravenna, Italy)--History.
- Buildings, Octagonal.
- Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
- Church history.
- Church history--Primitive and early church.
- Church architecture--Europe--History.
- Church architecture--Italy--Ravenna.
- Church buildings--Europe--Design and construction--History--To 1500.
- Church buildings--Italy--Ravenna--Design and construction--History--To 1500.
- Church buildings--Design and construction.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 182 pages, 95 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 25 cm.
- Other Title:
- San Vitale in Ravenna and octagonal churches in late antiquity
- Octagonal churches in late antiquity
- Place of Publication:
- Wiesbaden : Reichert Verlag, [2018]
- Summary:
- "This book examines the octagonal churches of Late Antiquity from the origins of the type in the fourth century to its sixth-century culmination in its most famous example, the church of San Vitale in Ravenna. The buildings, limited in number and many overlooked in modern scholarship, served several functions including funerary oratory, martyrium, and cathedral, though most were martyr or memorial shrines. Beyond addressing questions of function, architectural design, structural solutions, chronology, literary sources, and architectural symbolism are also studied."-- Publisher's website.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The Octagon in Late Antique Architecture
- Octagonal Churches of the Fourth Century
- Octagonal Churches of the Early Fifth Century
- Octagonal Churches of the Later Fifth Century
- The Early Sixth Century
- The Justinianic Octagonal Churches
- The Church of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy
- Observations and Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Plates.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-182).
- The word octagonal is misspelled on the title page.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harold C. Putnam Book Fund.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9783954902897
- 3954902893
- OCLC:
- 1016856707
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