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Roman Builders: A Study in Architectural Process
by Rabun Taylor
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Publisher Comments:
How were the architectural ideas behind great Roman building projects carried out in practice? Roman Builders is the first, general interest book to address this question. Using the Baths of Caracalla, the Pantheon, the Coliseum, and the great temples at Baalbek as physical documents for their own building histories, this book traces the thought processes and logistical considerations — the risks, reversals, compromises, and refinements — that led to ultimate success. Each major phase of the building process is considered: design, groundwork, support structures, complex armatures, such as the superstructures of amphitheaters, vaults, and decorations. New hypotheses are advanced on the raising of monolithic columns, the construction sequence of the Coliseum, and the vaulting of the Pantheon. The illustrations include archival and original photographs, as well as numerous explanatory drawings.
- Comprehensive step-by-step approach to Roman architectural practice
- Detailed analytical illustrations
- Considers both humanistic and technological issues
- New hypothesis about the raising of monolithic columns, the construction sequence of the Coliseum and the vaulting of the Pantheon
- Capitalizes on the current popularity of unsolved puzzles of ancient technology
Review:
"An original and involving book, well written and readable despite the technical nature of the subject, and will be of interest to anyone — scholar, teacher, student, architect, engineer, layperson, tourist — with an interest in Roman architecture and construction." The Classical Outlook
Review:
"This handsome book provides a fresh new look at the material culture of Roman building. Essential." Choice
Review:
"We come away...with a much clearer understanding of Roman technology in action, what it could and could not do, and of the astonishing effort involved in such contructions. Read Taylor, and you will know full well why there was not a Pantheon in every town." Classical World, George W. Houston, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Review:
"The illustrations are extremely useful. Taylor has borrowed well from other sources, and his photographs are clear and well reproduced. His own line drawings are excellent." SPAB News
Synopsis:
A general interest book about how architectural ideas behind great Roman building projects were carried out in practice. Using the Baths of Caracalla, the Pantheon, the Coliseum, and the great temples at Baalbek as physical documents for their own building histories, the illustrations include archival photographs, and numerous explanatory drawings.
Synopsis:
How were the architectural ideas behind great Roman building projects carried out in practice? Each major phase of the building process is considered in the building histories of the Baths of Caracalla, the Pantheon, the Coliseum, and the great temples at Baalbek. New hypotheses are advanced on the raising of monolithic columns, the construction sequence of the Coliseum, and the vaulting of the Pantheon. The illustrations include archival and original photographs, as well as numerous explanatory drawings.
Synopsis:
How architectural ideas behind great Roman building projects were carried out in practice.
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780521005838
- Subtitle:
- A Study in Architectural Process
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Location:
- Cambridge, U.K.
- Subject:
- General
- Subject:
- History - General
- Subject:
- Ancient - Rome
- Subject:
- Building
- Subject:
- International Architecture - European
- Subject:
- Antiquities
- Subject:
- Rome
- Subject:
- Architecture, roman
- Subject:
- Construction - General
- Subject:
- General Architecture
- Subject:
- History : General
- Copyright:
- 2003
- Edition Number:
- 1
- Edition Description:
- Paperback
- Series Volume:
- 3328
- Publication Date:
- January 2003
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Grade Level:
- General/trade
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Y
- Pages:
- 320
- Dimensions:
- 9.68x6.90x.69 in. 1.60 lbs.
