Roman Imperial Mausoleum in Late Antiquity

Informationen zum Autor Mark Johnson is Professor of Art History at Brigham Young University. A scholar of ancient and Early Christian and Byzantine architecture, he has published in Dumbarton Oaks Papers, Gesta, Byzantion, and the Journal of Early Christian Studies, among other journals. Klappentext This book is a comprehensive study of the mausolea of the later Roman emperors. Zusammenfassung Constructed between c.AD 244 and 450 and bridging the transition from paganism to Christianity within the empire! these important buildings shared a common design. Mark Johnson examines the symbolism and function of the mausolea! demonstrating that these monuments served as temples and shrines to the divinized emperors. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The emperor in death; 2. From tumulus to domed rotunda in imperial mausolea; 3. The mature domed rotunda - mausolea of the Tetrarchs; 4. Mausolea of the Christian emperors; 5. Sepulcra Divorum - symbolism and cult practices.

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• Authors: Mark Johnson, Mark J Johnson, Mark J. Johnson, Mark J. (Brigham Young University Johnson, Mark Joseph Johnson
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.05.2009
• EAN: 9780521513715
• ISBN: 978-0-521-51371-5
• No. of pages: 330
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; HISTORY / Ancient / General, ART / History / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, History of Art, Ancient World, Ancient History, Archaeology by period / region, Classical style, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE