Architecture in ancient central Italy : connections in Etruscan and early Roman building / edited by Charlotte R. Potts, University of Oxford.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Potts, Charlotte R. (Charlotte Rose), 1979- editor.

Conference Name:

Building Connections: Etrusco-Italic Architecture in its Mediterranean Setting (Workshop) (2018 : University of Oxford), author.

Series:

British School at Rome studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture, Ancient--Italy, Central--Congresses.

Architecture, Ancient.

Architecture, Roman--Italy, Central--Congresses.

Architecture, Roman.

Architecture, Etruscan--Congresses.

Architecture, Etruscan.

Italy--Civilization--To 476--Congresses.

Italy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 203 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Summary:

Architecture in Ancient Central Italy takes studies of individual elements and sites as a starting point to reconstruct a much larger picture of architecture in western central Italy as an industry, and to position the result in space (in the Mediterranean world and beyond) and time (from the second millennium BC to Late Antiquity). This volume demonstrates that buildings in pre-Roman Italy have close connections with Bronze Age and Roman architecture, with practices in local and distant societies, and with the natural world and the cosmos. It also argues that buildings serve as windows into the minds and lives of those who made and used them, revealing the concerns and character of communities in early Etruria, Rome, and Latium. Architecture consequently emerges as a valuable historical source, and moreover a part of life that shaped society as much as reflected it.

Contents:

The Silent Roofing Revolution: The Etruscan Tie-beam Truss / Jean MacIntosh Turfa

Architectural Terracottas of Central Italy within their Wider Mediterranean Context / Nancy A. Winter

The Connective Evidence for Early Roman Urbanism: Terracottas and Architectural Accretion / John Hopkins

Connecting Foundations and Roofs: The Satricum Sacellum and the S. Omobono Sanctuary / Patricia S. Lulof and Loes Opgenhaffen

Architectural Choices in Etruscan Sacred Areas: Tarquinia in its Mediterranean Setting / Giovanna Bagnasco Gianni

Connections in Death: Etruscan Tomb Architecture, c.800-400 BC / Stephan Steingraber.

Notes:

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781108955232 (ebook)

Access Restriction:

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