Main entry:

Wheeler, Mortimer, 1890-1976.

Title & Author:

Roman art and architecture [by] Sir Mortimer Wheeler.

Publication:

New York, F.A. Praeger [1964]

Description:

250 pages illustrations (some color), plans 22 cm

Series:

Praeger world of art series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 237).
The Roman contribution -- Greece and Rome -- Towns: the beginning; Italy; Africa; Near East; Gaul; Britain -- Buildings: temples; bath-buildings; forum and basilica; theatres; ampitheatres and circuses; houses; palaces; arches and engineering -- Aspects of sculpture and painting: portraiture; narrative; landscape -- Other aspects of Roman art: the Romans as collectors and connoisseurs; Roman art on the Celtic fringe; Roman art in the East.

Summary:

"The author discusses the many diverse qualities of Roman art in terms of its development within Italy and the Empire, but offers as well a perceptive and original account of the cross-currents between Rome and the East. His history is enhanced by hundreds of imaginatively chosen reproductions, which have been specially selected to accompany each section of the text -- brilliant and faithful photographs of Rome's great temples, palaces, circuses, viaducts, frescoes and sculptures, and even of the Romans' daily utensils and pottery."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0500200211 (pbk.)
9780500200216 (pbk.)
0195199219
9780195199215

Subject:

Art, Roman.
Art romain.
Architecture, Roman.
Rome Antiquities.

Added entries:

Praeger world of art series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 83456
Call No.: ID:85-B11428
Status: Available