Religious Architecture and Roman Expansion - Temples, Terracottas, and the Shaping of Identity, 3rd-1st C. Bce

"Religious Architecture and Roman Expansion uses architectural terracottas as a lens for examining the changing landscape of central Italy during the period of Roman military expansion. It investigates the interactions between colonies and indigenous communities, asking why conquerors might visually emulate the conquered"--

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Chronological Uncertainties and the 'Romanization' Tangle; 3. The Power of the Past: Conscious Archaizing and the Development of the 'Standard Temple Kit'; 4. Local Identities and Local Networks: Two Case Studies; 5. Inventing History, Inventing Identity; 6. Reframing and Remediating: Architectural Terracottas in Augustan Rome; 7. Conclusion.

About the author

Sophie Crawford-Brown is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Art History at Rice University. A scholar of the art and archaeology of pre-imperial and early imperial Italy, she has been the recipient of fellowships from the Archaeological Institute of America, the University of Tübingen's Institut für Klassische Archäologie, and the American Academy in Rome.

Product details

• Authors: Sophie Crawford-Brown, Sophie (Rice University Crawford-Brown
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2025
• EAN: 9781009445115
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0944511-5
• No. of pages: 350
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Religious, Italy, Archaeology by period / region, Religious buildings, BCE to c 500 CE, Architecture: religious buildings, c 500 BCE to c 1BCE