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Author : L. Bosman
Release : 2020-09-17
Genre : Architecture
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Book Rating : 762/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Basilica of Saint John Lateran to 1600 by : L. Bosman
Download or read book The Basilica of Saint John Lateran to 1600 written by L. Bosman. This book was released on 2020-09-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first inter-disciplinary study to examine the construction and development of the world's first cathedral from its origins to 1600.
Author : Rosamond McKitterick
Release : 2013-11-07
Genre : Architecture
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Book Rating : 643/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Old Saint Peter's, Rome by : Rosamond McKitterick
Download or read book Old Saint Peter's, Rome written by Rosamond McKitterick. This book was released on 2013-11-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides the first full study of the predecessor church of St Peter's Basilica in Rome, from late antique construction to Renaissance destruction.
Author : Pascal Arnaud
Release : 2020-09-03
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 827/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Roman Port Societies by : Pascal Arnaud
Download or read book Roman Port Societies written by Pascal Arnaud. This book was released on 2020-09-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, an international team of experts draws upon a rich range of Latin and Greek texts to explore the roles played by individuals at ports in activities and institutions that were central to the maritime commerce of the Roman Mediterranean. In particular, they focus upon some of the interpretative issues that arise in dealing with this kind of epigraphic evidence, the archaeological contexts of the texts, social institutions and social groups in ports, legal issues relating to harbours, case studies relating to specific ports, and mercantile connections and shippers. While much attention is inevitably focused upon the richer epigraphic collections of Ostia and Ephesos, the papers draw upon inscriptions from a very wide range of ports across the Mediterranean. The volume will be invaluable for all scholars and students of Roman history.
Author : Ann Marie Yasin
Release : 2012-11-29
Genre : Art
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Book Rating : 630/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Saints and Church Spaces in the Late Antique Mediterranean by : Ann Marie Yasin
Download or read book Saints and Church Spaces in the Late Antique Mediterranean written by Ann Marie Yasin. This book was released on 2012-11-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the intersection between two key developments of the fourth through seventh centuries CE: the construction of monumental churches and the veneration of saints. While Christian sacred topography is usually interpreted in narrowly religious terms as points of contact with holy places and people, this book considers church buildings as spatial environments in which a range of social 'work' happened. It draws on approaches developed in the fields of anthropology, ritual studies, and social geography to examine, for example, how church buildings facilitated commemoration of the community's dead, establishment of a shared historical past, and communication with the divine. Surveying evidence for the introduction of saints into liturgical performance and the architectural and decorative programs of churches, this analysis explains how saints helped to bolster the boundaries of church space, reinforce local social and religious hierarchies, and negotiate the community's place within larger regional and cosmic networks.
Author : Hamish Forbes
Release : 2012-10-04
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 701/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Meaning and Identity in a Greek Landscape by : Hamish Forbes
Download or read book Meaning and Identity in a Greek Landscape written by Hamish Forbes. This book was released on 2012-10-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this interdisciplinary study, Hamish Forbes explores how Greek villagers have understood and reacted to their landscapes over the centuries, from the late medieval period to the present. Analyzing how they have seen themselves belonging to their local communities and within both local and wider landscapes, Forbes examines how these aspects of belonging have informed each other. Forbes also illuminates cross-disciplinary interests in memory and the importance of monuments. Based on data gathered over 25 years, Forbes' study combines the rich detail of ethnographic field work with historical and archaeological time.
