Ancient Rome: Art, Architecture, and History - Softcover

Gabucci, Ada

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0892366567 ISBN 13: 9780892366569

Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2002

Synopsis

Rome continues to be the monumental expression of a legend. It is the eternal city where all roads of the ancient world converged, and through the millennia has been the model for the very concept of a universal empire. Through art, architecture, and urban planning, the empire expanded with an exceptional synthesis of technology, politics, law, and propaganda, conquering Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Near East. Accompanied by masterpieces of architecture, sculpture and painting and the words of illustrious figures, Ancient Rome: Art, Architecture, and History follows the arc of the city and its civilization from their beginnings to their height and decline. Included are discussions of the emperor Augustus; the Julio-Claudian dynasty; the ill-fated town of Pompeii; the architecture and planning of the metropolis; the art and architecture of the provinces of Europe and North Africa; and the fall of the Western Empire and the establishment of the Byzantine Empire as the heir of Rome.

About this title

About the Author:

Ada Gabucci is the editor of the magisterial study The Colosseum, also from Getty Publications.

About this edition

• Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0892366567
• ISBN 13: 9780892366569
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144
• Editor: Peccatori Stefano, Zuffi Stefano