Main entry:

Ward-Perkins, J. B. (John Bryan), 1912-1981.

Title & Author:

Studies in Roman and early Christian architecture / J.B. Ward-Perkins.

Publication:

London : Pindar Press, 1994.

Description:

ii, 532 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Notes:
Reprints of essays originally published 1948-1978.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The early development of Roman town planning -- Early Roman towns in Italy -- From republic to empire: reflections on the early provincial architecture of the Roman West -- The cryptoportico: a practical solution to certain problems of Roman urban design -- The Caesareum at Cyrene and the Basilica at Cremna -- Severan art and architecture at Lepcis Magna -- The art of the Severan age in the light of Tripolitanian discoveries -- The Arch of Septimius Severus at Lepcis Magna -- The hunting baths at Lepcis Magna -- The architecture of Roman Anatolia: the Roman contribution -- The Roman West and the Parthian East -- Notes on the structure and building methods of early Byzantine architecture -- Constantine and the origins of the Christian Basilica -- The Shrine of St. Peter's and its twelve spiral columns -- Imperial Mausolea -- Memoria, Martyr's Tomb and Martyr's Church.
Also issued online.

ISBN:

0907132766
9780907132769

Subject:

Architecture, Roman.
Architecture, Early Christian.
City planning Italy History To 1500.
Architecture romaine.
Architecture paléochrétienne.
Urbanisme Italie Histoire 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
21.62 history of architecture.
City planning
Bouwkunst.
Christian antiquities.
Italy
Rome Antiquities.

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 87451
Call No.: ID:93-B2107
Status: Available