Main entry:

Favro, Diane G.

Title & Author:

The urban image of Augustan Rome / Diane Favro.

Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996.

Description:

xxi, 346 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-340) and index.
1. Introduction: defining an urban image. The Roman urban image; Historiography; Evaluating the Augustan urban image -- 2. A walk through Republican Rome, 52 B.C. -- 3. Context: the Republican urban image. The urban image of Late Republican Rome; Context for change; Julius Caesar and Rome -- 4. Identity: evolving Augustan motives. Phase I, 44-29 B.C.: a city of fragments; Phase II, 29-17 B.C.: Rome reborn; Phase III, 17 B.C.-A.D. 14: consolidation evaluation -- 5. Structure: building an urban image. Urban components and characteristics; Orchestration; Evaluation -- 6. Meaning: reading the Augustan city. physical unity; Programmatic unity; Experiential legibility; Unifying involvement; Legacy -- 7. A walk through Augustan Rome, A.D. 14.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"The Urban Image of Augustan Rome examines the idea and experience of the ancient city at a critical moment, when Rome became an Imperial capital. Lacking dignity, unity, and a clear image during the Republic, the urban image of Rome became focused only when the state came under the control of Augustus, the first emperor, who transformed the city physically and conceptually. Intervening in an ad hoc manner, he repaired existing public structures, added numerous new monuments, established municipal offices for urban care, and promoted an enduring aesthetic. Directed by a single vision, the cumulative results were forceful and unified. This book explores for the first time the motives for urban intervention, methods for implementation and the socio-political context of the Augustan period, as well as broader design issues such as formal urban strategies and definitions of urban imagery."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0521450837
9780521450836
0521646650 (pbk.)
9780521646659 (pbk.)
0521470714 (hbk.)
9780521470711

Subject:

Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D.
Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D. Contributions in city planning.
Augustus Römisches Reich, Kaiser v63-14
Bibel Römerbrief
City planning Italy Rome History.
Architecture, Roman Italy Rome.
Civic improvement Rome.
Villes Aménagement et assainissement Rome.
Urbanisme Rome.
Architecture romaine Italie Rome.
15.52 Roman Empire.
Civic improvement
Architecture, Roman
Buildings
City planning
Städtebau
Topografie
Stadtbild
Stedelijke omgeving.
Romeinse oudheid.
Architecture and state Rome Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D.
Rome (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc.
Rome (Italy) History To 476.
Rome History Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D.
Rome Histoire 30 av. J.-C.-14 (Auguste)
Rome (Italie) Histoire Jusqu'à 476.
Rome (Empire)
Italy Rome
Rome (Italy) City planning Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D.
Rome (Italy) Antiquities.
Rom.
Geschichte 0052AC-0014

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 193004
Call No.: ID DG69.F38; ID:97-B4067
Status: Available