Main entry:

Yegül, Fikret K., 1941-

Title & Author:

Baths and bathing in classical antiquity / Fikret Yegül.

Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Architectural History Foundation ; Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1992.

Description:

ix, 501 pages : illustrations, map ; 29 cm

Notes:
Map on lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 474-486) and index.
1. The Greek Gymnasium and the Greek Bath -- 2. Bathing and Baths in the Roman World -- 3. The Origins and Early Development of Roman Baths -- 4. Thermo-Mineral Baths -- 5. The Thermae of Rome -- 6. Baths of North Africa -- 7. Baths and Gymnasia in Asia Minor -- 8. Baths and Bathing in the Late Antique and Early Byzantine World -- App. A: Ancient Medicine and Bathing -- App. B: Heating and Water Supply of Roman Baths -- App. C: Architectural Elements and Motifs of North African Baths -- App. D: Architectural Elements and Motifs of Baths in Asia Minor.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

This text reviews and analyzes the structure, function and design of baths, seeking to integrate their architecture with the wider social and cultural custom of bathing, and examining in particular the changes this custom underwent in Late Antiquity and in Byzantine and Islamic cultures.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0262240351
9780262240352
0262740184
9780262740180

Subject:

Public baths Rome.
Architecture history.
Baths history
Bains publics Rome.
Antiquities.
Public baths.
Thermen.
Baden (hygiëne)
Klassieke oudheid.
Baths, Roman.
Bathing customs Rome.
Baths, Public Rome.
Rome Antiquities.
Rome
Rome Antiquités.
Rome (Empire)
Architecture
Roman Empire

Holdings:

Location: Library main 74130
Call No.: ID PLS; ID:92-B1985
Status: Available