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Lädt ... Das Forum Romanumvon Gilbert J. Gorski, Gilbert J. Gorski, James E. Packer
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"The Roman Forum was in many ways the heart of the Roman Empire. Today, the Forum exists in a fragmentary state, having been destroyed and plundered by barbarians, aristocrats, citizens and priests over the past two millennia. Enough remains, however, for archaeologists to reconstruct its spectacular buildings and monuments. This richly illustrated volume provides an architectural history of the central section of the Roman Forum during the Empire (31 BCE-476 CE), from the Temple of Julius Caesar to the monuments on the slope of the Capitoline hill. Bringing together state-of-the-art technology in architectural illustration and the expertise of a prominent Roman archaeologist, this book offers a unique reconstruction of the Forum, providing architectural history, a summary of each building's excavation and research, scaled digital plans, elevations, and reconstructed aerial images that not only shed light on the Forum's history but vividly bring it to life. With this book, scholars, students, architects and artists will be able to visualize for the first time since antiquity the character, design and appearance of the famous heart of ancient Rome"-- Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)937.63History and Geography Ancient World Italian Peninsula to 476 and adjacent territories to 476 Latium, Rome RomeKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt: Keine Bewertungen.Bist das du?Werde ein LibraryThing-Autor. |
In The Roman Forum: A Reconstruction and Architectural Guide, Gilbert Gorski and James Packer attempt to bring the ruins of the Forum Romanum back to life by utilizing the latest digital technology—and they succeed admirably. Their 450-plus-page volume, lavishly produced by Cambridge University Press and presented in an unusual horizontal format perfectly suited to the scores of color panoramic photographs and computer reconstructions, is a must-purchase for any university library, but its high (albeit justified) price, hefty weight, and unwieldy format render it useless as a portable “architectural guide” for travelers to Rome. I sincerely hope that the publisher and the authors will prepare an abbreviated paperback version of about one-quarter the present size with a much-reduced number of carefully chosen reconstructions which, if the Italian authorities would agree to place it in the official bookshops of Rome’s major archaeological sites and museums, would easily become a best seller well worth the investment of the publisher’s dollars and the authors’ time.