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Title The emperor's house : palaces from Augustus to the age of absolutism / edited by Michael Featherstone, Jean-Michel Spieser, Gülru Tanman and Ulrike Wulf-Rheidt.
Published Berlin/Boston, Germany : De Gruyter, 2015
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Description 1 online resource (436)
Series Urban spaces ; Band 4
Urban spaces (Walter de Gruyter & Co.) ; Bd. 4.
Contents Antiquity and Late Antiquity -- The Middle Ages in the West -- The Middle Ages in the East -- The Renaissance, Absolutism and the Ottoman World -- Epilogue
Summary Intended for specialists and students of Architecture, Art History and History, the volume contains papers on functional and ideological aspects of palace architecture, art and ceremonial in the Roman imperial tradition in its broadest geographical and chronological limits, from the Principate through Late Antiquity, Byzantium, the Carolingian, Norman and Islamic states, to the absolute monarchies of Europe and the Ottoman empire
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Contributions in English, French and German
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Subject Palaces.
Emperors -- Dwellings.
Symbolism in architecture.
Official residences.
official residences.
palaces (official residences)
ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Public, Commercial & Industrial.
Emperors -- Dwellings
Palaces
Symbolism in architecture
Form Electronic book
Author Featherstone, Michael, 1956- editor.
LC no. 2015022749
ISBN 3110331764
9783110331769
9783110331776
3110331772