LEADER 03609cam a2200457 i 4500001 99131263335006421 005 20241017040641.0 008 221008t20242024enkabe b 001 0 eng d 020 9780192842121 |q(paperback) 020 0192842129 |q(paperback) 020 |z9780192699992 |q(ebook) 035 (OCoLC)on1346944757 040 YDX |beng |erda |cYDX |dBDX |dUKMGB |dOCLCF |dOCLCQ |dOCLCO |dYDX |dOCLCO |dMNT 044 enknyu 050 4 NA310 |b.D45 2024 082 04 722.7 |223/eng/20240624 100 1 DeLaine, Janet, |eauthor. |1https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJbxD4MDv8G7H4Mqm76BT3 245 10 Roman architecture / |cJanet DeLaine. 264 1 Oxford, United Kingdom ;New York, NY, United States of America : |bOxford University Press, |c[2024] 264 4 |c©2024 300 xii, 276 pages : |billustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color), plans (some color) ; |c24 cm. 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 336 still image |bsti |2rdacontent 336 cartographic image |bcri |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 490 1 Oxford history of art 520 "Rome and its empire were fundamental to the development of western architecture, and its forms and motifs remain significant elements of our own built environments. 'Roman architecture' places the varied architecture of ancient Rome, from its humble apartment blocks to its grand public structures, within the broader context of Roman society. It takes as its starting point the writings of the Roman architect Vitruvius, as one voice in a broader contemporary debate about the nature and value of architecture. What did the Romans themselves think architecture was for? What was built, by whom and why? How was architecture represented in text and image? The interplay of type and variation that are the hallmark Roman architecture are here traced back to the human actions and choices from which they originated. Janet DeLaine explores how the desires of patrons for novelty and individuality were met by architects and builders working within the practical constraints of available materials and the moral prescriptions of religious and social norms to create new forms. Ranging from early Rome to the late empire, this volume casts new light on many familiar monuments of the city of Rome, but also on less well-known examples from across the empire. Through an examination of the key types of buildings at the heart of Roman society and their decoration, it reveals the symbolic meaning of architecture in terms of competitive power displays and commemoration, and it explores how architecture helped to define being 'Roman' at different times and in different places of the empire."-- |cPublisher's website, viewed on September 16, 2024. 500 "Glossary": pages 241-248. 504 "Bibliographic essay": pages 257-268. 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Introduction -- An empire of cities -- Architects and Roman society -- Construction : the civilizing art -- Building for the gods -- Housing the city -- Housing the individual -- The language of ornament. 650 0 Architecture, Roman. 650 6 Architecture romaine. 650 7 Architecture, Roman |2fast 776 08 |iOnline version: |z9780192699985 830 0 Oxford history of art 910 |cG0601mon |d3110-08 |gYBP |h187441 914 (OCoLC)on1346944757 |bOCoLC |cmatch |d20241016 |eprocessed |f1346944757 980 18154710 |f187441 |i25.95 |j21.28 |n40032411387 982 |cf |q32101114587247