The Villa Of Livia Ad Gallinas Albas

Author : Jane Clark Reeder
Publisher : Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology & the Ancient World
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Villa of Livia Ad Gallinas Albas written by Jane Clark Reeder and published by Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology & the Ancient World. This book was released on 2001 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work attempts to integrate the architecture and iconography of the Villa of Livia, ad Gallinas Albas . This was a very important residence in its heyday, so it is perhaps surprising that it was only partially excavated until fairly recently. This study examines the villa's construction, dating, architecture, and iconography.

Author : Jane Clark Reeder
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Villa of Livia 'ad Gallina Albas' written by Jane Clark Reeder and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Marianne Halpert Cole
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Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Secret Gardens written by Marianne Halpert Cole and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Now at the Museo Nazionale Romano - Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, the so-called Garden Room once adorned the semi underground room at the imperial estate of emperor Augustus and his wife Livia, the Villa of Livia Ad Gallinas Albas at Prima Porta. A unique example of Roman domestic decor, the Garden Room has been the subject of numerous archeological and art historical studies. Yet most studies have isolated the Garden Room frescoes from the wider spatial context of the villa itself. In this thesis, I explore the illusionism of the garden scene and the distinctive way in which it relates to the design of the Villa of Livia as a whole to create a space that brings the Augustan iconography of abundance vividly to life. The significance of the Garden Room frescoes begins beyond the room itself; it is entrenched in the villa's mythological and material history as well as its architecture and design. Whether visitors saw a sacred grove or an Augustan paradise, whether they dined here or simply relaxed in the cool semi underground space, the Garden Room was meant to make them feel as if they were outdoors. With no divide between art, architecture, landscape, and nature, the Villa of Livia's design and overall program further encourage sensory experiences. In the Garden Room, the walls melt away and space expands; for an instant, visitors are transported to the paradise of a Roman Golden Age." --

Author : Mary Mudd
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1426940130
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I, Livia written by Mary Mudd and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2005-06-30 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historical tradition of Roman origin represents Livia Drusilla, the third and much beloved wife of Caesar Augustus, as a conniving, Borgia-like criminal. This view of Livia maintains, that to promote the political career of her son by her former husband, Livia killed or incapacitated Augustus' descendants through his previous wife. Author Robert Graves, in his famous novel, I, Claudius, based his fictitious rendering of Livia upon this malevolent representation of her. The conceit is patently wrong, and essentially all modern scholars of Roman history reject it. But thanks to Graves' immensely entertaining book, and the British Broadcasting Corporation adaptation of it for television, the image of Livia as a devious dynastic murderess prevails in the popular mind. I, Livia: The Counterfeit Criminal aspires to correct the misconception, and present an accurate assessment of this much-maligned woman. The study's comfortably readable style is intended for general audiences. The first three chapters present a biographical sketch, which focuses on Livia's public life. Livia was accepted as an extraordinarily visible, dynamic and influential political personage, by a society and culture that maintained that women must confine their activities childrearing and other domestic pursuits. The following two chapters demonstrate the absurdity of Livia's criminal reputation, and offer explanation for its development. Three subsequent chapters seek Livia's private side - her habits, tastes, and interpersonal relationships. Livia (who suffered from colds and chronic arthritis) was an amiable soul, with a self-deprecating sense of humor. She was a loving, supportive forbearant wife and mother, an intellectual with profound political insights, an enthusiastic traveller, a connoisseur of art. Although generally patient and demure, she could also be impulsive, assertive, opinionated and, especially in later life, petulant. The final chapter examines how Livia became, and remained, a symbol of Roman imperial power. The brief epilogue describes the physical appearances of Livia and the members of her family. Also included are relevant appendices, a comprehensive bibliography, and color images of surviving wall paintings from her homes.

Author : Giulio Carotti
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Art written by Giulio Carotti and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mantha Zarmakoupi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0199678383
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Designing for Luxury on the Bay of Naples written by Mantha Zarmakoupi and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explores Roman luxury villa lifestyle and architecture to shed light on the villas' design as a dynamic process related to cultural, social, and environmental factors. Through an analysis of five villas from around the bay of Naples, it shows how the Romans developed a sophisticated interplay between architecture and landscape.

Author : Marília P. Futre Pinheiro
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 1501504029
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cultural Crossroads in the Ancient Novel written by Marília P. Futre Pinheiro and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2017-12-04 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The protagonists of the ancient novels wandered or were carried off to distant lands, from Italy in the west to Persia in the east and Ethiopia in the south; the authors themselves came, or pretended to come, from remote places such as Aphrodisia and Phoenicia; and the novelistic form had antecedents in a host of classical genres. These intersections are explored in this volume. Papers in the first section discuss “mapping the world in the novels.” The second part looks at the dialogical imagination, and the conversation between fiction and history in the novels. Section 3 looks at the way ancient fiction has been transmitted and received. Space, as the locus of cultural interaction and exchange, is the topic of the fourth part. The fifth and final section is devoted to character and emotion, and how these are perceived or constructed in ancient fiction. Overall, a rich picture is offered of the many spatial and cultural dimensions in a variety of ancient fictional genres.

Author : Antonio Corso
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1803271655
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Birth and Development of the Idealized Concept of Arcadia in the Ancient World written by Antonio Corso and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2022-08-18 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together for the first time all the available evidence for the origination and development of the concept of Arcadia, from the Homeric period to the early Roman Empire, this book brings to light a treasure-trove of evidence, both well-known and obscure or fragmentary, filling a significant gap in the scholarly bibliography.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Year's Work in Classical Studies written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Classical Association (Great Britain)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 190 pages
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Download or read book The Year's Work in Classical Studies ... written by Classical Association (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: