Katherine Welch

The Roman Amphitheatre

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is the first book to analyze the evolution of the Roman amphitheatre as an architectural form.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 394
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. April 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 678g
• ISBN-13: 9780521744355
• ISBN-10: 0521744350
• Artikelnr.: 26056788

Autorenporträt

Katherine E. Welch is Associate Professor of Fine Arts at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. She is a scholar of Roman art and archaeology and has held fellowships at the American Academy in Rome and the American School of Classical Studies in Athens.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: the 'imperial' interpretation of arena games
1. Arena games during the Republic
2. Origins of amphitheatre architecture
3. Stone amphitheatres during the republican period
4. The amphitheatre between republic and empire: monumentalization of the amphitheatre building
5. The colosseum: canonization of the amphitheatre building type
6. The reception of the amphitheatre in the Greek world in the early imperial period
Conclusion
Appendix: amphitheatres of republican date.