The Genesis of Roman Architecture / John North Hopkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hopkins, John North, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture, Roman.

Sculpture, Roman.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

An important new look at Rome's earliest buildings and their context within the broader tradition of Mediterranean culture This groundbreaking study traces the development of Roman architecture and its sculpture from the earliest days to the middle of the 5th century BCE. Existing narratives cast the Greeks as the progenitors of classical art and architecture or rely on historical sources dating centuries after the fact to establish the Roman context. Author John North Hopkins, however, allows the material and visual record to play the primary role in telling the story of Rome's origins, synthesizing important new evidence from recent excavations. Hopkins's detailed account of urban growth and artistic, political, and social exchange establishes strong parallels with communities across the Mediterranean. From the late 7th century, Romans looked to increasingly distant lands for shifts in artistic production. By the end of the archaic period they were building temples that would outstrip the monumentality of even those on the Greek mainland. The book's extensive illustrations feature new reconstructions, allowing readers a rare visual exploration of this fragmentary evidence.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

A Note on the Images

Introduction

1. The Makings of a City

2. Coherence and Distinction (ca. 650-550)

3. On a New Scale (ca. 550-500)

4. The Continuity of Splendor (ca. 500-450)

5. The Great Rome of the Romans

6. Integration

Notes

Bibliography

Illustration Credits

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020)

ISBN:

0-300-21436-7

OCLC:

936322644