Main entry:

Hopkins, John North, author.

Title & Author:

The genesis of Roman architecture / John North Hopkins.

Publication:

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2016]
©2016

Description:

xiv, 254 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-246) and index.
The makings of a city -- Coherence and distinction (ca. 650-550) -- On a new scale (ca. 550-500) -- The continuity of splendor (ca. 500-450) -- The great Rome of the Romans -- Integration.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"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 seventh 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"--Page 2 of cover.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Inhaltsverzeichnis

ISBN:

9780300211818 (cloth)
0300211813 (cloth)

Subject:

Architecture, Roman.
Sculpture, Roman.
Architecture, Roman Designs and plans.
Agriculture, Ancient Rome.
Architecture History.
Art, Roman History.
Architecture romaine.
Sculpture romaine.
Architecture romaine Dessins et plans.
Agriculture ancienne Rome.
Architecture Histoire.
Art romain Histoire.
Agriculture, Ancient.
Architecture.
Art, Roman.
Bauplastik
Architektur
Romersk arkitektur.
Romersk skulptur.
Rome (Empire)
Rom

Form/genre:

Designs and plans.
Architectural drawings.
History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 296526
Call No.: BIB 242894
Status: Available