The Column of Marcus Aurelius [electronic resource] : the genesis & meaning of a Roman imperial monument / Martin Beckmann.
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TextSeries: Studies in the history of Greece and RomePublication details: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2011.Description: ix, 248 p. : illSubject(s): - Column of Marcus Aurelius (Rome, Italy)
- Column of Marcus Aurelius (Rome, Italy) -- History
- Relief (Sculpture), Ancient -- Italy -- Rome
- Friezes -- Italy -- Rome
- Monuments -- Social aspects -- Rome -- History
- Monuments -- Political aspects -- Rome -- History
- Imperialism -- Social aspects -- Rome -- History
- Rome (Italy) -- Buildings, structures, etc
- Rome -- History -- Marcus Aurelius, 161-180
- Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D
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- NA9340.R4 B43 2011eb
Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-242) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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