Roman Theatres - An Architectural Study

Zusatztext a colossal work which will remail a major reference work for many years to come. Informationen zum Autor Frank Sear is Professor of Classical Studies, Centre for Classics and Archaeology, University of Melbourne. Klappentext This book is a definitive architectural study of Roman theatre architecture. In nine chapters it brings together a massive amount of archaeological, literary, and epigraphic information under one cover. It also contains a full catalogue of all known Roman theatres, including a number of odea (concert halls) and bouleuteria (council chambers) which are relevant to the architectural discussion, about 1,000 entries in all. Inscriptional or literary evidence relating to each theatre is listed and there is an up-to-date bibliography for each building. Most importantly the book contains plans of over 500 theatres or buildings of theatrical type, as well as numerous text figures and nearly 200 figures and plates. Zusammenfassung This book is a definitive architectural study of Roman theatre architecture. In nine chapters it brings together a massive amount of archaeological, literary,and epigraphic information under one cover. It also contains a full catalogue of all known Roman theatres, including a number of odea (concert halls) and bouleuteria (council chambers) which are relevant to the architectural discussion, about 1,000 entries in all. Inscriptional or literary evidence relating to each theatre is listed and there is an up-to-date bibliography for each building. Most importantly the book contains plans of over 500 theatres or buildings of theatrical type, as well as numerous text figures and nearly 200 figures and plates. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Theatre and audience 2: Finance and building 3: Roman theatre design 4: Theatres and related buildings 5: Republican theatres in Italy 6: The theatres of Rome 7: The cavea and orchestra 8: The scene building 9: Provincial theatres The catalogue ...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Frank Sear, Sear Frank
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 21.09.2006
• EAN: 9780198144694
• ISBN: 978-0-19-814469-4
• Abmessung: 222 mm x 292 mm x 38 mm
• Serien: Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology; Oxford Monographs on Classical; Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology; Oxford Monographs on Classical
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Kunst > Architektur; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Ancient World, Ancient History, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology, Concert halls, arenas, stadia, Architecture: public, commercial and industrial buildings