Main entry:

Downey, Susan B., 1938-

Title & Author:

Architectural terracottas from the Regia / Susan B. Downey.

Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©1995.

Description:

xv, 109 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Series:

Papers and monographs of the American Academy in Rome ; v. 30

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-105) and index.
Architectural Terracottas from the Third Regia (Period 9). Building History; Revetment Types. Frieze Plaques. Antefixes. Strigilated Sima (Terminal Tiles). Disc Acroterion. Painted Tiles of Uncertain Function (Revetment Plaques?). Fragment of Freestanding Sculpture (Acroterial Statue?). Ridge Tiles. Other Roof Tiles Possibly from the Period 9 Building. Reconstruction of the Decorative System -- Architectural Terracottas from the Fourth Regia (Period 10). Building History; Revetment Types. Sima. Antefixes. Ridge Tile -- Catalogue. Period 9 Terracottas. Other Roof Tiles Possibly from Period 9 Buildings. Period 10 Terracottas. Roof Tiles That Cannot Be Assigned to the Period 9 or Period 10 Building. Period 9 Terracottas by Area of the Excavation. Period 10 Terracottas by Area of the Excavation -- Appendix: Architectural Terracottas from Salvage Excavation (Flood Damage) in 1972.

Summary:

The Regia was the house of the Pontifex Maximus, Rome's High Priest, who lived in the Forum. The men who held this office played an important role in the life of the Roman state for centuries: the earliest Regia dates to the seventh century B.C.E., and it was rebuilt frequently. Susan B. Downey has extensively studied the sixth-century phase of the building, and in this valuable work she lays out the scheme for the architectural terracottas. These fragments allow the reconstruction of almost the entire decorative system for the building. Art historians and archaeologists will welcome this book. It also contains much of interest for Roman social historians and for students and scholars of early Italy and its communities.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

047210571X (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780472105717 (hardcover ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Regia (Rome, Italy)
Regia (Rome, Italie)
Terra-cotta sculpture, Roman Italy Rome.
Excavations (Archaeology) Italy Rome.
Terres cuites romaines Italie Rome.
Fouilles (Archéologie) Italie Rome.
15.34 classical archaeology.
Classical antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Terra-cotta sculpture, Roman.
Regia (Rome)
Paleizen.
Terracotta.
Plastische kunst.
Terrakotta.
Romansk stil.
Skulptur.
Romerriket.
Fouilles archéologiques Italie Rome.
Sculpture en terre cuite romaine Italie Rome.
Roman Forum (Rome, Italy)
Rome (Italy) Antiquities, Roman.
Forum romain (Rome, Italie)
Rome (Italie) Antiquités romaines.
Italy Rome.
Italy Rome Roman Forum.
Rome (Italy) Antiquities.
Rome (Italie) Regia.
Geschichte 570 v. Chr.-525 v. Chr.

Added entries:

Papers and monographs of the American Academy in Rome ; v. 30.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 107370
Call No.: ID DG66.5.D69; ID:96-B1050
Status: Available