A Description of the First Discoveries of the Ancient City of Heraclea
Title | A Description of the First Discoveries of the Ancient City of Heraclea PDF eBook |
Author | Niccolò Marcello Venuti |
Publisher | |
Pages | 174 |
Release | 1750 |
Genre | Extinct cities |
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Architecture and ekphrasis
Title | Architecture and ekphrasis PDF eBook |
Author | Dana Arnold |
Publisher | Manchester University Press |
Pages | 223 |
Release | 2020-10-20 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 152615028X |
Architecture and ekphrasis examines how eighteenth-century prints and drawings of antique architecture operated as representations of thought. Using original archival material, it considers the idea of the past in the period, specifically how it was discovered and described, and investigates how space and time inform visual ekphrasis or descriptions of architecture. The idea of embodiment is used to explore the various methods of describing architecture – including graphic techniques, measurement and perspective – all of which demonstrate choices about different modes of ekphrasis. This well-illustrated, accessibly written study will be of interest to academics and students working in a broad range of subject areas. It will also be an essential teaching tool for increasingly popular cross-disciplinary courses.
A Description of the First Discoveries of the Antient City of Heraclea, Found Near Portici, a Country Palace Belonging to the King of the Two Sicilies. In Two Parts. ...
Title | A Description of the First Discoveries of the Antient City of Heraclea, Found Near Portici, a Country Palace Belonging to the King of the Two Sicilies. In Two Parts. ... PDF eBook |
Author | Niccolò Marcello Venuti |
Publisher | |
Pages | 172 |
Release | 1750 |
Genre | Extinct cities |
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Catalogue
Title | Catalogue PDF eBook |
Author | Bernard Quaritch (Firm) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 998 |
Release | 1903 |
Genre | Antiquarian booksellers |
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A catalogue of a ... collection of upwards of twenty-six thousand ancient and modern tracts and pamphlets, collected and arranged by John Russell Smith. On sale
Title | A catalogue of a ... collection of upwards of twenty-six thousand ancient and modern tracts and pamphlets, collected and arranged by John Russell Smith. On sale PDF eBook |
Author | Alfred Russell Smith |
Publisher | |
Pages | 496 |
Release | 1874 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The London Magazine, Or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer
Title | The London Magazine, Or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 822 |
Release | 1750 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Roman Retail Revolution
Title | The Roman Retail Revolution PDF eBook |
Author | Steven J. R. Ellis |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 255 |
Release | 2018-03-22 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0191082600 |
Tabernae were ubiquitous in all Roman cities, lining the busiest streets and dominating their most crowded intersections in numbers far exceeding those of any other form of building. That they played a vital role in the operation of the city, and indeed in the very definition of urbanization in ancient Rome, is a point too often under-appreciated in Roman studies, and one which bears fruitful further exploration. The Roman Retail Revolution offers a thorough investigation into the social and economic worlds of the Roman shop, focusing on food and drink outlets in particular. Combining critical analysis of both archaeological material and textual sources, it challenges many of the conventional ideas about the place of retailing in the Roman city and unravels the historical development of tabernae to identify three major waves or revolutions in the shaping of retail landscapes. The volume is underpinned by two new and important bodies of evidence: the first generated from the University of Cincinnati's recent archaeological excavations into a Pompeian neighborhood of close to twenty shop-fronts, and the second resulting from a field-survey of the retail landscapes of more than a hundred cities from across the Roman world. The richness of this information, combined with the volume's interdisciplinary approach to the lives of the Roman sub-elite, results in a refreshingly original look at the history of retailing and urbanism in the Roman world.