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Hellenistic Architecture in Italy
Consuetudo Italica
The first marble temple in Rome, dedicated to Jupiter Stator and built by Q. Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus and his architect Hermodoros of Salamis, is an example of a Greek architect working in Rome who had begun the practice of developing a specifically Roman way of using Greek forms, that which becomes consuetudo italica. One major innovative development of the Greek orders in Roman contexts was the integration of arcuated form into the syntax of the orders. The Roman basilica is dependent upon the long‐span Greek timber truss that appears in Hellenistic bouleuteria. The first large‐scale basilicas were the Basilica Aemilia‐Fulvia and the Basilica Sempronia. In the Augustan age, builders, such as Vitruvius, constantly turned to Greek architecture as a central point of reference in the placing of architecture on a rational basis. The period is marked by the shift from competitive senatorial patronage to a single patron: the emperor.
Hellenistic Architecture in Italy
Consuetudo Italica
The first marble temple in Rome, dedicated to Jupiter Stator and built by Q. Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus and his architect Hermodoros of Salamis, is an example of a Greek architect working in Rome who had begun the practice of developing a specifically Roman way of using Greek forms, that which becomes consuetudo italica. One major innovative development of the Greek orders in Roman contexts was the integration of arcuated form into the syntax of the orders. The Roman basilica is dependent upon the long‐span Greek timber truss that appears in Hellenistic bouleuteria. The first large‐scale basilicas were the Basilica Aemilia‐Fulvia and the Basilica Sempronia. In the Augustan age, builders, such as Vitruvius, constantly turned to Greek architecture as a central point of reference in the placing of architecture on a rational basis. The period is marked by the shift from competitive senatorial patronage to a single patron: the emperor.
Hellenistic Architecture in Italy
Consuetudo Italica
Miles, Margaret M. (editor) / Howe, Thomas Noble (author)
A Companion to Greek Architecture ; 470-486
2016-08-08
17 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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