McKenzie, Judith, author.

The architecture of Petra / Judith McKenzie.

Oxford ; New York : Published for the British Academy, the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem and the British Institute at Amman for Archaeology and History by Oxford University Press, ©1990.

xxii, 209 pages, 245, 9 pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 31 cm

British Academy monographs in archaeology ; no. 1

The Petra tombstones in Jordan are famed for their "baroque" architecture carved out of pink sandstone by the Nabataeans. This comprehensive survey, the first volume in the new British Academy Monographs in Archaeology series, dates many of the famous Petra monuments against similar rock-cut tombs at Medain Saleh in Saudi Arabia. Through close examination of the monuments as well as the little known remains of Ptolemaic Alexandria, the Hellenistic city founded by Alexander the Great, Murphy reveals that the earliest baroque architecture was that of Ptolemaic Alexandria. The style was then transmitted to Petra and Pompeii. Lavishly illustrated with over 700 photographs and figures, including a detailed catalog of the monuments, the volume uncovers Petra as a city, rather than merely a necropolis.

019727000X
9780197270004

Architecture Expertising Jordan Petra (Extinct city)
Historic buildings Jordan Petra (Extinct city)
Mural painting and decoration, Greco-Roman Italy Pompeii (Extinct city)
Tombs Jordan Petra (Extinct city)
Architecture Jordanie Pétra (Ville ancienne)
Architecture Égypte Alexandrie.
Monuments historiques Jordanie Pétra (Ville ancienne)
Peinture et décoration murales gréco-romaines Italie Pompéi (Ville ancienne)
Tombeaux Jordanie Pétra (Ville ancienne)
Tombs
Mural painting and decoration, Greco-Roman
Historic buildings
Antiquities
Architecture Expertising
Buildings
Excavations (Archaeology) Jordan Petra (Extinct city)
Tombes Jordanie Pétra (ville ancienne)
Architecture hellénistique Jordanie Pétra (ville ancienne)
Architecture Jordanie Pétra (ville ancienne)
Petra (Extinct city) Buildings, structures, etc.
Petra (Extinct city)
Jordan Antiquities.
Pétra (Ville ancienne)
Jordanie Antiquités.
Pétra (Ville ancienne) Constructions.
Jordan
Italy Pompeii (Extinct city)
Jordan Petra (Extinct city)
Petra (Extinct city) Antiquities.
Petra (Extinct city) Architecture.
Jordanie Antiquités grecques.
Petra (Jordanie ; site archéologique)
Pétra (ville ancienne)
Architecture History
Palestine

British Academy monographs in archaeology ; no. 1.

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