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Definition: Roman architecture from The Macquarie Dictionary
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the architecture of the ancient Romans, characterised by rational design and planning, the use of vaulting and concrete masonry, and the use of the classical orders only sporadically for purposes of architectural articulation and decoration.


Architecture, civic, Roman Empire

From The Encyclopedia of Ancient History
Over the last two decades, studies of Roman architecture in the imperial period have been influenced by theories of visual communication and the extent to which architectural developments mirror the society that produced particular buildings, precincts, or urban forms. The city of Rome itself has been the focus of much of this attention, most notably in the work of Paul Zanker (1990) on Augustan architectural vocabulary and of Diane Favro ( 2007 ) on the urban image of the Augustan capital (see Rome, city of: 3. Augustan ). In their interpretations, which cover the location, accessibility, type, ornamentation, and scale of civic building, the functionality of Roman public architecture remained linked to form, but was increasingly employed for propagandistic purposes. These developments were also linked to the increasing flow of wealth into Rome in the Early Empire. While this wealth enabled ever greater building projects, the unequal distribution of influence in the new political…
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Full text Article Roman architecture

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
structures produced by the ancient Romans. The origins of Roman architecture can be traced to the Etruscans, who migrated from Asia Minor to Italy in the 12th cent. B.C. What little is known about their architecture has been ascertained from clay models and tomb interiors. Etruscan architecture is…
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Full text Article Roman architecture, ancient

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Architecture of the Roman Empire, spanning the period 4th century BC –5th century AD . The Romans' mastery of concrete (used in combination with bricks) freed the orders (column and entablature) from their earlier structural significance and enabled the development of such rounded forms as the arch, …
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Full text Article Roman Architecture: Italy

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Although Rome may have been founded in 753 BC , the earliest surviving buildings of any size are of the 1st century BC and anything older is now generally described as Etruscan . During those centuries, however, a great deal of building was done in the various Greek colonies (collectively known as…
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Full text Article Roman Architecture: Britain

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
The architecture of the Roman occupation of Britain ( AD 43–around 410). Excluding primitive hut-dwellings, and such prehistoric monuments as Stonehenge and Maiden Castle, the oldest buildings in England were erected during this period. Features were similar to Roman architecture in other provinces…
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Full text Article Roman Architecture: France

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
The Roman occupation of Gaul (France) left an important heritage of monumental buildings in Provence, including the amphitheatres at Nîmes, Arles, Avignon, and Orange; the magnificent aqueduct near Nîmes known as the ‘Pont du Gard’ (16 BC ); and the little temple at Nîmes known as the ‘Maison…
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During the imperial period of Roman art, from the...
Classical art and architecture of ancient Rome . Prior to 400 bc Roman art was largely Etruscan art in the form of tomb decorations, after which Greek influence became dominant. Few examples of later Roman painting have survived: the best examples are found in the Italian towns of Pompeii and…
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Full text Article Roman architecture

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Full text Article Roman

From The Macquarie Dictionary
of or relating to Rome, ancient or modern, or its inhabitants. of a kind or character regarded as typical of the ancient Romans. adjective usually lower case /'roym7n/ /'rohmuhn/ designating or relating to the upright style of printing types most commonly used in modern books, etc. Latin denoting or…
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Full text Article Italian architecture

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Architecture of the Italian peninsula after the fall of the Roman Empire. In the earliest styles – Byzantine, Romanesque, and Gothic – the surviving buildings are mostly churches. From the Renaissance and baroque periods there are also palaces, town halls, and so on. For Roman architecture in Italy, …
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Full text Article Renaissance Architecture: Italy

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
For earlier Italian architecture, see Gothic Architecture: Italy . The Renaissance of (Roman) architecture began in Italy early in the 15th century and spread thence into other countries of Europe. Its two chief centres of origin were Florence , at that time the most enlightened culturally of…
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