Book Description
Containing photographs of artifacts and Roman ruins, this history examines life in an ancient Roman villa with a timeline, illustrations, and a glossary.
Author : Jane Shuter
Publisher : Capstone Classroom
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 15,30 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781403458384
Containing photographs of artifacts and Roman ruins, this history examines life in an ancient Roman villa with a timeline, illustrations, and a glossary.
Author : Simon Esmonde Cleary
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,73 MB
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752486437
Chedworth is one of the few Roman villas in Britain whose remains are open to the public, and this book seeks to explain what these remains mean. The fourth century in Britain was a "golden age" and at the time the Cotswolds were the richest area of Roman Britain. The wealthy owners of a villa such as Chedworth felt themselves part of an imperial Roman aristocracy. This is expressed at the villa in the layout of the buildings, rooms for receiving guests and for grand dining, the provision of baths, and the use of mosaics. The villa would also have housed the wife, family and household of the owner and been the center of an agricultural estate. It was rediscovered in the nineteenth century and part of Chedworth’s tale is the way in which it was viewed by a nineteenth-century Cotswold landowner, Lord Eldon, and then its current owners, the National Trust.
Author : Annalisa Marzano
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 30,97 MB
Release : 2018-04-30
Category : Art
ISBN : 1316730611
This volume offers a comprehensive survey of Roman villas in Italy and the Mediterranean provinces of the Roman Empire, from their origins to the collapse of the Empire. The architecture of villas could be humble or grand, and sometimes luxurious. Villas were most often farms where wine, olive oil, cereals, and manufactured goods, among other products, were produced. They were also venues for hospitality, conversation, and thinking on pagan, and ultimately Christian, themes. Villas spread as the Empire grew. Like towns and cities, they became the means of power and assimilation, just as infrastructure, such as aqueducts and bridges, was transforming the Mediterranean into a Roman sea. The distinctive Roman/Italian villa type was transferred to the provinces, resulting in Mediterranean-wide culture of rural dwelling and work that further unified the Empire.
Author : Walton Brooks McDaniel
Publisher :
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 48,24 MB
Release : 1924
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Carol C. Mattusch
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 10,82 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780500514368
An assessment of the Bay of Naples as a popular vacation spot in ancient Rome evaluates the picturesque area as a villa site for numerous emperors and a retreat of choice for the artistic community, in a lavishly illustrated volume that features reproductions of period artwork.
Author : Renzo Rossi
Publisher :
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 50,63 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Rome
ISBN : 9781842320808
Author : Renzo Rossi
Publisher : Dillon Press
Page : pages
File Size : 24,76 MB
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 9780382422393
Describes the development of the Roman country villa, the society it sprang from beginning in 200 B.C., and daily life within the villa and the society.
Author : Simon Cleary
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 16,73 MB
Release : 2013-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0752492802
Chedworth is one of the few Roman villas in Britain whose remains are open to the public, and this book seeks to explain what these remains mean. The fourth century in Britain was a ‘golden age’ and at the time the Cotswolds were the richest area of Roman Britain. The wealthy owners of a villa such as Chedworth felt themselves part of an imperial Roman aristocracy. This is expressed at the villa in the layout of the buildings, rooms for receiving guests and for grand dining, the provision of baths, and the use of mosaics. The villa would also have housed the wife, family and household of the owner and been the centre of an agricultural estate. In the nineteenth century Chedworth was rediscovered, and part of the villa’s tale is the way in which it was viewed by a nineteenth-century Cotswold landowner, Lord Eldon, and then its current owners, the National Trust. Now, in this remarkable and beautifully illustrated volume, Chedworth’s story is told in full.
Author : Alexander G. McKay
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 36,45 MB
Release : 1998-05-29
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780801859045
In a fascinating study of ancient Roman architecture, classics scholar Alexander McKay examines simple houses, mansions, estates and palatial buildings, interior furnishings, and gardens--revealing that Roman civilization was astonishingly similar to our own. He also discusses the conditions of life in the Roman provinces. 153 illustrations.
Author : Richard Dargie
Publisher : Raintree
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,21 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Architecture, Domestic
ISBN : 9780739823804
Depicts life in ancient Rome by examining everyday objects that were found in Roman villas and describing how they were used.