Lectures on Trajan's Column : and its architect Apollodorus of Damascus / edited by Cinzia Conti ; forewords by Alfonsina Russo, Emmanuele Francesco Maria Emanuele, Andrea Sassano ; prolegomenon by Filippo Coarelli ; with contributions by Matthias Bruno [and ten others] ; afterword by Andrea Bruno ; English translation by Fred Moffa.
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TextLanguage: Italian, English Original language: Italian Publisher: Roma : "L'Erma" di Bretschneider, [2022]Description: xxvii, 779 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm + 5 loose folded leaves of platesContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9788891310057
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Printed Books | British School at Rome | 618.22.CTR.26 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Not For Loan | Presented by Cinzia Conti e Giangiacomo Martines | BSR23100024 |
Includes bibliographical references.
1. A Byzantine prayer / Cinzia Conti -- 2. The 1981-1988 restoration / Cinzia Conti -- 3. Trajan's Column: a few facts and figures / Cinzia Conti and Giangiacomo Martines -- 4. Fantiscritti quarry and the marble of Trajan's Column / Matthias Bruno -- 5. Columna Cochlis Traiani. Order and structure / Giangiacomo Martines -- 6. The solea around the pedestal of Trajan's Column: traces and evidence of construction site operations / Matthias Bruno -- 7. Squaring the storied frieze / Cinzia Conti -- 8. The small circles on the Capital / Cinzia Conti and Giangiacomo Martines -- 9. The workmanship of the stonecutters and sculptors / Cinzia Conti and Giangiacomo Martines -- 10. The tools / Daniele De Tomassi -- 11. The epigraph on the Podium: plan and letters / Cinzia Conti -- 12. Trajan's Portraits / Cinzia Conti -- 13. Trajan's Smile / Cinzia Conti -- 14. The devices below the walls of Sarmizegethusa Regia / Giangiacomo Martines -- 15. View from Afar / Cinzia Conti and Giangiacomo Martines -- 16. Fantasies on the colour / Cinzia Conti and Giangiacomo Martines -- 17. That special ancient colour / Cinzia Conti -- 18. The "Maestro delle gesta di Traiano" and his stonemasons / Cinzia Conti -- 19. The walled up cella inside the Podium / Michele Campisi -- 20. Graffiti and signatures on Trajan's Column: a backstage history / Michele Campisi / 21. The technical portayal: devices on the stored frieze / Giangiacomo Martines -- 22. The engineering feats of Apollodorus for Trajan: architectural milestones / Cinzia Conti and Giangiacomo Martines -- 23. The death of Apollodorus / Cinzia Conti and Giangiacomo Martines -- 24. A catalogue of the types of architecture and landscapes on the storied frieze / Cinzia Conti and Giangiacomo Martines -- 25. Lighting Trajan's Column / Francesca and Vittorio Storaro -- 26. Photographing Trajan's Column / Zeno Colantoni -- 27. Omen Victoriae / Marcello Gaggiotti -- 28. Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli, "Io e ... la Colonna Traiana" 1927 / Laura Plahuta.
Texts in Italian with parallel English translation.
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