A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Creating Imperial Architecture
This chapter reviews the various architectural forms that evolved over the latter half of the first century BCE. It focuses on the principles of design used in Rome during the transition from the Late Republic to the early imperial period. Roman imperial architectural form is, to an important degree, a factor of intended function; thus it is of primary importance to recognize the new functions that followed the creation of imperial Rome and how the contingent forms associated with political and social discourse were accommodated by architects and patrons. The transition from a democratic republic to a system of autocratic rule and the personal patronage of public spaces by the elites who vied for absolute power affected all manner of public spaces where governance, religious rituals, education, entertainment, and public hygiene occurred. In some cases, it is difficult to isolate these functions into discrete spaces.
Creating Imperial Architecture
This chapter reviews the various architectural forms that evolved over the latter half of the first century BCE. It focuses on the principles of design used in Rome during the transition from the Late Republic to the early imperial period. Roman imperial architectural form is, to an important degree, a factor of intended function; thus it is of primary importance to recognize the new functions that followed the creation of imperial Rome and how the contingent forms associated with political and social discourse were accommodated by architects and patrons. The transition from a democratic republic to a system of autocratic rule and the personal patronage of public spaces by the elites who vied for absolute power affected all manner of public spaces where governance, religious rituals, education, entertainment, and public hygiene occurred. In some cases, it is difficult to isolate these functions into discrete spaces.
Creating Imperial Architecture
Ulrich, Roger B. (editor) / Quenemoen, Caroline K. (editor) / Nielsen, Inge (author)
2013-10-28
18 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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