A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Fora
This chapter focuses on western patterns and examples, and deals with the overlapping types of centrality. The chapter discusses the main existing studies on the Roman forum spaces. It deals with the main surviving set of architectural and urban opinions on how a forum space should be conceived, that is, the architectural treatise of Vitruvius. The chapter provides descriptions of three different forum spaces, each selected for the clarity of its topographical context, for the richness of its material remains, and for its ability to bring out the themes. The forum space occupies not only a central place in the urban layout of Roman cities in the western Empire; it also occupies a central place in Roman thought about city life, ritual practice, economic and social exchange, and spectacle and visibility.
Fora
This chapter focuses on western patterns and examples, and deals with the overlapping types of centrality. The chapter discusses the main existing studies on the Roman forum spaces. It deals with the main surviving set of architectural and urban opinions on how a forum space should be conceived, that is, the architectural treatise of Vitruvius. The chapter provides descriptions of three different forum spaces, each selected for the clarity of its topographical context, for the richness of its material remains, and for its ability to bring out the themes. The forum space occupies not only a central place in the urban layout of Roman cities in the western Empire; it also occupies a central place in Roman thought about city life, ritual practice, economic and social exchange, and spectacle and visibility.
Fora
Ulrich, Roger B. (editor) / Quenemoen, Caroline K. (editor) / Frakes, James F.D. (author)
A Companion to Roman Architecture ; 248-263
2013-10-28
16 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
Taylor & Francis Verlag | 1998
Taylor & Francis Verlag | 2003
Taylor & Francis Verlag | 2003