From Mycenae to Constantinople : the evolution of the ancient city
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From Mycenae to Constantinople : the evolution of the ancient city
Routledge, 1992
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Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-233) and index
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ISBN 9780415059978
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This book examines a selection of Greek and Roman cities, looking specifically at their architectural remains. They are chosen for their importance to our understanding of the evolution of the city form, either because they were already important in antiquity, or because the quality of the remains makes them particularly interesting. Thus the survey includes early places which failed to develop, places which were major, dominant cities in their own time, and others which were never more than ordinary but which through accident (the eruption of Vesuvius at Pompeii) have left especially significant remains. This is more than a book about pure ancient architecture: rather it is architecture in its social context - showing how architecture is part of history rather than an aesthetic topic to be treated in isolation. The book emphasizes how the form and arrangement of different building types persist or develop in response to differing circumstances.
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: pbk ISBN 9780415059985
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Tomlinson presents studies of selected ancient cities, ranging from the earliest development of urban architecture in Europe to the imperial cities of Rome and Constantinople. It gives an account of their architecture, not merely from the art historical point of view, but as an expression of the social organisation, and political systems employed by the people who lived in them.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements 1 INTRODUCTION: CITIES AND THEIR CREATORS 2 BUILDINGS: TYPES AND FUNCTIONS 3 MYCENAE: THE FORERUNNERS 4 ATHENS AND PIRAEUS 5 CORINTH 6 PRIENE 7 ALEXANDRIA 8 PERGAMON 9 THESSALONIKE 10 CYRENE 11 ROME 12 POMPEII 13 LEPCIS MAGNA 14 PALMYRA 15 EPILOGUE: CONSTANTINOPLE
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