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Author Wilson Jones, Mark, 1956-

Title Principles of Roman architecture / Mark Wilson Jones
Published New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, [2000]
©2000

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Description xi, 270 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Contents Introduction: The Problem of Interpretation -- I. Questions of Identity -- II. Vitruvius and Theory -- III. The Dynamics of Design -- IV. Ground Rules: Principles of Number and Measure -- V. Ground Rules: Arithmetic and Geometry -- VI. Coping with Columns: The Elevation -- VII. A Genius for Synthesis: The Corinthian Order -- VIII. Trajan's Column -- IX. The Enigma of the Pantheon: The Interior -- X. The Enigma of the Pantheon: The Exterior -- App. A. Tabulated Measurements of Selected Buildings -- App. B. Measurements and Analysis relating to the Corinthian Order
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-260) and index
Subject Architecture, Roman.
Architecture -- Rome.
LC no. 99014920
ISBN 030010202X paperback
0300081383 alkaline paper