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1 online resource (ix, 248 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
Studies in the history of Greece and Rome
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Studies in the history of Greece and Rome.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-242) and index. |
Contents |
The date and purpose of the column -- The dust of northern warfare : choice of location -- Form & function -- Planning & construction -- The frieze : concept & draft -- Carving the frieze -- The frieze as history -- The frieze as art -- Viewing the column -- Epilogue : the columns of Trajan, Marcus Aurelius, and Arcadius. |
Summary |
Standing in the shadow of Trajan's Column, the Column of Marcus Aurelius has been little studied & poorly understood. Martin Beckmann explores the extensive frieze as a historical source & reconstructs the creative process behind it. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Column of Marcus Aurelius (Rome, Italy)
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Column of Marcus Aurelius (Rome, Italy) |
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Column of Marcus Aurelius (Rome, Italy) -- History.
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History. |
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Rome (Italy) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
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Relief (Sculpture), Ancient -- Italy -- Rome.
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Relief (Sculpture), Ancient. |
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Italy -- Rome. |
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Friezes -- Italy -- Rome.
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Friezes. |
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Monuments -- Social aspects -- Rome -- History.
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Monuments -- Political aspects -- Rome -- History.
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Imperialism -- Social aspects -- Rome -- History.
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Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.
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Chronological Term |
30 B.C. - 284 A.D. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Beckmann, Martin, 1971- Column of Marcus Aurelius. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2011 9780807834619 (DLC) 2010047523 (OCoLC)668197649 |
ISBN |
9780807877777 (electronic book) |
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0807877778 (electronic book) |
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9781469603025 (electronic book) |
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1469603020 (electronic book) |
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9780807834619 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0807834610 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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