Research Catalog

Title

The Column of Marcus Aurelius [electronic resource] : the genesis & meaning of a Roman imperial monument / Martin Beckmann.

Author

Beckmann, Martin, 1971-

Publication

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2011.

Details

Description

1 online resource (ix, 248 p.) : ill.

Series Statement

Studies in the history of Greece and Rome

Uniform Title

Column of Marcus Aurelius (Online)

Alternative Title

Column of Marcus Aurelius (Online)

Subject

• Column of Marcus Aurelius (Rome, Italy)
• Column of Marcus Aurelius (Rome, Italy) > History
• Relief (Sculpture), Ancient > Italy > Rome
• Friezes > Italy > Rome
• Monuments > Social aspects > History. > Rome
• Monuments > Political aspects > History. > Rome
• Imperialism > Social aspects > History. > Rome
• Rome (Italy) > Buildings, structures, etc
• Rome > History > Marcus Aurelius, 161-180
• Rome > History > Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-242) and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

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.

LCCN

2010047523

OCLC

ssj0000521573

Author

Beckmann, Martin, 1971-

Title

The Column of Marcus Aurelius [electronic resource] : the genesis & meaning of a Roman imperial monument / Martin Beckmann.

Imprint

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2011.

Series

Studies in the history of Greece and Rome

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-242) and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

Connect to:

Available from home with a valid library card

Available onsite at NYPL