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The Urban Image of Augustan Rome examines the idea and experience of the ancient city at a critical moment, when Rome became an Imperial capital. Lacking dignity, unity, and a clear image during the Republic, the urban image of Rome became focused only when the state came under the control of Augustus, the first emperor, who transformed the city physically and conceptually. Intervening in an ad hoc manner, he repaired existing public structures, added numerous new monuments, established municipal offices for urban care, and promoted an enduring aesthetic. Directed by a single vision, the cumulative results were forceful and unified. This book explores for the first time the motives for urban intervention, methods for implementation and the socio-political context of the Augustan period, as well as broader design issues such as formal urban strategies and definitions of urban imagery.
List of contents
1. Urban design and architecture in Rome and Italy during the Republic and the early empire; 2. Temple architecture of Republican Rome and Italy; 3. Technology of building; 4. Julio-Claudian architecture in Rome; 5. Residential architecture; 6. Imperial architecture in Rome from the Flavians through the Antonines; 7. Architecture and planning in Italy and the western provinces: from the Republic to the empire; 8. Architecture and planning in North Africa; 9. Greece under Roman rule; 10. Architecture and planning in Asia Minor; 11. The Roman Near East; 12. The late empire in Rome and the provinces: from the Severans to Constantine.
About the author
Fikret Yegül is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Trained as an architect and architectural historian, he has extensive field experience in archaeology, notably as a long-term member of Harvard's Sardis Excavation. Yegül is completing a major publication on the Temple of Artemis. Among his other books is Baths and Bathing in Classical Antiquity (1996), which received the prestigious Alice Davies Hitchcock award from the Society of Architectural Historians.Diane Favro is Professor Emerita, Department of Architecture and Urban Design, University of California, Los Angeles. Author of the influential book The Urban Image of Augustan Rome (1998), she has pioneered research applications of virtual reality digital reconstructions with Rome Reborn (1993), the Digital Roman Forum (2002), and Digital Karnak (2007). She was Director of the University of California, Los Angeles Experiential Technologies Center, President of the Society of Architectural Historians, and the Samuel H. Kress Professor at the National Gallery.
Summary
This book affirms the enduring attractions of Roman buildings and environments. Incorporating recent research and perceptive interpretations, it presents developments across the Roman world in a lively and accessible manner. By interrogating the meaning of architecture in daily life, it attracts audiences across diverse fields and backgrounds.
