A Companion to Roman Architecture
Roger Ulrich
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Description for A Companion to Roman Architecture
Hardback. This Companion provides a comprehensive review of the critical issues and approaches that have transformed scholarly understanding of Roman architecture in the last 20 years. It serves as an indispensable teaching and reference work for English-speaking undergraduates and graduates. Editor(s): Ulrich, Roger B.; Quenemoen, Caroline K. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 614 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1QDAR; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 183 x 245 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1210.
A Companion to Roman Architecture presents a comprehensive review of the critical issues and approaches that have transformed scholarly understanding in recent decades in one easy-to-reference volume.
- Offers a cross-disciplinary approach to Roman architecture, spanning technology, history, art, politics, and archaeology
- Brings together contributions by leading scholars in architectural history
- An essential guide to recent scholarship, covering new archaeological discoveries, lesser known buildings, new technologies and space and construction
- Includes extensive, up-to-date bibliography and glossary of key Roman architectural terms
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
616
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
Number of Pages
616
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405199643
SKU
V9781405199643
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99-50
About Roger Ulrich
Roger B. Ulrich is Ralph Butterfield Professor of Classics at Dartmouth College, where he teaches Roman Archaeology and Latin and directs Dartmouth’s Rome Foreign Study Program in Italy. He is the author of The Roman Orator and the Sacred Stage: The Roman Templum Rostratum(1994) and Roman Woodworking (2007). Caroline K. Quenemoen is Professor in the Practice and Director ... Read more
Reviews for A Companion to Roman Architecture
"This comprehensive volume of almost 600 pages deserves praise. Its 25 chapters have a chronological as well as a thematic focus, and cover the broader Roman Empire as well as specific case studies." (Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 1 March 2015) "The Companion is an important study that opens up new avenues for discussion and consideration, challenges what is ... Read more