Afterlife of the Roman City - Architecture and Ceremony in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages

This book offers a new perspective on the evolution of cities across the Roman Empire in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages.

List of contents

1. Introduction: urban living and the 'fall' of the Roman Empire; 2. New urban forms for a new empire: the third century and the genesis of the late antique city; 3. Ceremonial armatures: porticated streets and their architectural appendages; 4. 'Dark ages' and the afterlife of the classical city; 5. Postscript: architecture, ceremony, and monastic cities in Carolingian Francia.

About the author

Hendrik W. Dey is Associate Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at Hunter College, City University of New York. Previously he held a two-year Rome Prize fellowship at the American Academy in Rome and an Andrew W. Mellon postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts of the National Gallery in Washington, DC. He is the author of The Aurelian Wall and the Refashioning of Imperial Rome, AD 271–855 (Cambridge, 2011) and the co-editor, with Elizabeth Fentress, of Western Monasticism ante litteram: The Spaces of Monastic Observance in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (2011). He has written articles and book chapters for the Journal of Roman Archaeology, the Journal of Late Antiquity, Early Medieval Europe, Antiquité Tardive, The Cambridge History of Western Monasticism, Reallexikon für Antike und Christentum, and Storia dell'architettura in Italia da Costantino a Carlo Magno, among others.

Summary

This book will interest anyone who wants to better understand the period spanning the end of the Roman Empire and the birth of medieval civilization. It is a unique, far-reaching study that goes beyond synthesis to propose a new paradigm for urban evolution across the Roman world.

Product details

• Authors: Hendrik W. Dey
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781107686335
• ISBN: 978-1-107-68633-5
• No. of pages: 315
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Europe, ART / History / Ancient & Classical, CE period up to c 1500, Medieval History, History of Art, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Ancient Rome, History of Architecture, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Archaeology by period / region, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Classical style, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE, BCE to c 500 CE, Medieval European archaeology, Ancient Roman style