The Domus Aurea and the Roman Architectural Revolution

The Domus Aurea and the Roman Architectural Revolution

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  • 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 350 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780521822510
  • DDC分類 728.8209376

基本説明

Nero's palace, the Domus Aurea, is an influential building in the history of Roman architecture. This study includes a needed comprehensive analysis of its masonry, design, and abundant ancient literary evidence.

Full Description


Nero's palace, the Domus Aurea (Golden House), is the most influential known building in the history of Roman architecture. It has been incompletely studied and poorly understood ever since its most important sections were excavated in the 1930s. In this book, Larry Ball provides systematic investigation of the Domus Aurea, including a comprehensive analysis of the masonry, the design, and the abundant ancient literary evidence. Highlighting the revolutionary innovations of the Domus Aurea, Ball also outlines their wide-ranging implications for the later development of Roman concrete architecture.

Contents

1. An introduction to the esquiline wing of Nero's Domus Aurea; 2. Distantly pre-Neronian phases; 3. The pentagonal court; 4. The west block in Neronian phases 1 and 2; 5. The east block in Neronian phase 2; 6. Synthesis: three interpretive essays.