Main entry:

Smith, E. Baldwin (Earl Baldwin), 1888-1956.

Title & Author:

Architectural symbolism of imperial Rome and the Middle Ages.

Publication:

Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1956.

Description:

ix, 219 pages 175 illustrations 31 cm.

Series:

Princeton monographs in art and archaeology, 30

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
An introduction to architectural symbolism -- I. The city-gate concept -- II. The imperial tradition of the towered façade, castrum, sacrum palatium, cosmic sphaera, and heavenly baldachin -- . III. Imperial architectural symbolism during the Middle Ages -- IV. The imperial ciborium -- V. Domical vestibules and halls in roman and byzantine palaces -- VI. The ciborium and domical vestibule in the Middle Ages -- VII. The imperial parakyptikon and domical vestibule in Byzantine architecture -- VIII. The conclusions and their Islamic implications.

Summary:

"An investigation of a group of architectural features, all directly or indirectly related to the city-gate and palace entrance, and the ceremonies which gave the forms so much of their royal and divine significance in the popular imagination."-- page 3.

Subject:

Diokletianspalast.
Portale mit Baldachinen, S. 44 ff.
S. 130.
Villa Adriana, S. 145.
Architecture, Roman.
Architecture, Medieval.
Symbolism in art.
Christian art and symbolism.
Architecture romaine.
Architecture médiévale.
Symbolisme dans l'art.
Architektur
Spätantike
Symbolik
Symbolism in architecture.
Christian art and symbolism To 500.
Christian art and symbolism Medieval, 500-1500.

Added entries:

Princeton monographs in art and archaeology ; 30.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 26442
Call No.: 6980; ID:88-B12470
Status: Available