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Roman builders : a study in architectural process / Rabun Taylor.
- Title
- Roman builders : a study in architectural process / Rabun Taylor.
- Author
- Taylor, Rabun M.
- Publication
- Cambridge [UK] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
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- Description
- xvi, 303 p. : ill., plans; 26 cm.
- Summary
- Rabun Taylor describes how the architectural ideas behind great Roman building projects were carried into practice. He uses the Baths of Caracalla, the Pantheon, the Colosseum & the great temples of Baalbek as physical documents for their own building histories.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-292) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction -- Planning and design -- Laying the groundwork -- Walks, piers, and columns -- Complex armatures -- Roofing and vaulting -- Decoration and finishing -- Notes -- Glossary.
- ISBN
- 0521803349 (HB)
- 0521005833 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2002073306
- OCLC
- 49894684
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library