Principles of Roman Architecture (Pocket)
avMark Wilson Jones
ISBN: 9780300102024 - UTGIVEN: 2003-12Mark Wilson Jones explores how the architects of ancient Rome approached design. Drawing on new archaeological discoveries and his own analyses of Roman monuments, the author discusses how the ancient architects dealt with the principles of architecture and the practicalities of construction as they[...]
Origins of Classical Architecture (Inbunden)
avMark Wilson Jones
ISBN: 9780300182767 - UTGIVEN: 2014-04The Greek architectural orders--Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian--lie at the heart of the classical traditions of building, and yet satisfying accounts for their origins have proved elusive. In contrast with conventional theories that would see the orders originating over the course of a long evolution,[...]
The Pantheon (Inbunden)
avTod A. (EDT) Marder, Mark Wilson (EDT) Jones, Tod A. (EDT) Marder
ISBN: 9780521809320 - UTGIVEN: 2015-06The Pantheon is one of the most important architectural monuments of all time. Thought to have been built by Emperor Hadrian in approximately AD 125 on the site of an earlier, Agrippan-era monument, it brilliantly displays the spatial pyrotechnics emblematic of Roman architecture and engineering. Th[...]
