Main entry:

Taylor, Rabun M.

Title & Author:

Roman builders : a study in architectural process / Rabun Taylor.

Publication:

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Description:

xvi, 303 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-292) and index.
Introduction -- Planning and design -- Laying the groundwork -- Walks, piers, and columns -- Complex armatures -- Roofing and vaulting -- Decoration and finishing -- Notes -- Glossary.

Summary:

Rabun Taylor describes how the architectural ideas behind great Roman building projects were carried into practice. He uses the Baths of Caracalla, the Pantheon, the Colosseum & the great temples of Baalbek as physical documents for their own building histories.

Resources:
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Book review (E-STREAMS)
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Book review (E-STREAMS)
Table of contents

ISBN:

0521803349 (HB)
9780521803342 (HB)
0521005833 (pbk.)
9780521005838 (pbk.)

Subject:

Building Rome.
Architecture, Roman.
Building Rome History.
Construction Rome Histoire.
Architecture romaine.
Construction Rome.
Antiquities.
Building.
Bouwprojecten.
Bouwkunde.
Romeinse oudheid.
Bouwkunst.
Edifícios (história) Roma antiga.
Arquitetura romana.
Rome Antiquities.
Rome Antiquités.
Rome (Empire)

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 227567
Call No.: TH16 .T38 2003
Status: Available