Main entry:

Smith, J. T. (John Thomas), 1922-

Title & Author:

Roman villas : a study in social structure / J.T. Smith ; drawings by A.T. Adams.

Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.

Description:

xxxiii, 378 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 330-339) and indexes.
1. Aims and scope of the book -- 2. Methods and assumptions -- 3. Hall houses -- 4. Row-type houses -- 5. Developed forms of row-house -- 6. Developed forms of hall houses -- 7. Problematic house types -- 8. The porticus-with-pavilions: pavilions -- 9. The porticus-with-pavilions: porticuses -- 10. The elements and forms of villa complexes -- 11. Palaces, peristyle houses and luxury villas -- 12. The villas of south-east Europe -- 13. The late pre-Roman Iron Age background -- 14. Modes of Romanisation -- 15. Patterns of villa development -- 16. A model of development.

Summary:

"Roman Villas" explores the social structures of the Roman world by analyzing the plans of buildings, from slightly Romanized farms to palaces. The ways in which the rooms are grouped together; how they intercommunicate; and the ways in which individual rooms and the house are approached, reveal various social patterns, which question traditional ideas about the Roman family and household. "Roman Villas" provides a meticulously documented and scholarly examination of the relationship between the living quarters of the Romans and their social and economic development which introduces a new area in Roman studies and a corpus of material for further analysis. The inclusion of almost 500 ground plans, drawn to a uniform scale, compares the similarities and differences between house structures as well as effectively illustrates the arguments.

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ISBN:

0415167191 (hc)
9780415167192 (hc)

Subject:

Architecture, Domestic Rome.
Architecture, Roman Europe.
Architecture and society Rome.
Architecture romaine Europe.
Architecture et société Rome.
Architecture and society.
Architecture, Domestic.
Architecture, Roman.
Grundriss
Typologie
Villa
Landhuizen.
Plattegronden.
Architecture Aspect social Rome.
Villas romaines.
Architecture romaine.
Europe.
Rome (Empire)
Römisches Reich
Rome Antiquities.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 191427
Call No.: NA335.E85.S65 (ID:97-B2313)
Status: Available