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Building the Classical World: Bauforschung as a Contemporary Approach

by: Borbonus, D. Dumser, E.A.

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Category: New Books
Code: 28809
ISBN-13: 9780190690526 / 978-0-19-069052-6
ISBN-10: 0190690526 / 0-19-069052-6
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 2022
Publication Place: Oxford
Binding: Cloth
Pages: 280
Book Condition: New

Building the Classical World
Bauforschung as a Contemporary Approach
Elisha Ann Dumser and Dorian Borbonus
Showcases the current state of the field of Bauforschung, the scientific, analytical, and often archaeological study of historic buildings
Constitutes the only English-language introduction to Bauforschung, making the methodologies used to study classical architecture accessible to non-German speakers
Features chapters written by established and emerging experts in the fields of architectural history and Bauforschung

Description
This multiauthor volume presents thirteen case studies that showcase the scientific, analytical, and often archaeological study of historic buildings that is known in German as Bauforschung. Written by established and emerging experts in this field, the chapters focus on the architecture of the Classical world and cover a wide variety of topics, such as construction processes, design principles, building traditions, and historical contexts. Despite this diversity, there is a common thread, since all contributors perceive architecture not as piles of dead matter, or as mere bearers of decoration and sculpture, but as dynamic organisms—bodies full of inner tension to defy gravity. Thus, they pursue the common goal to situate architecture in its historical contexts by documenting, reconstructing, and visualizing the structures as well as their spatial settings, technical underpinnings, and ideological symbolism.

Throughout this volume, ancient buildings are considered historic documents in their own right, reflecting both the efforts of their designers and builders, as well as the aspirations of their patrons and communities. The collection represents a wide cross-section of approaches brought to bear on ancient Greek and Roman architecture and, thus, serves as an English-language introduction to the technical and historical questions, and the methodologies inherent in Bauforschung.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Contributor list
Abbreviations
List of figures
Introduction: Bauforschung as a Contemporary Approach
1 Bauforschung and Stadtforschung: The Interscalar Dynamics of Augustus' Building Program in Rome's Subura
Margaret M. Andrews
2 The Augustan Aqueduct of Minturnae in Southern Latium
Hansgeorg Bankel
3 Building Practices and Historical Context in Augustan Columbarium Tombs
Dorian Borbonus
4 The Influence of Reuse on Architectural Practices in Late Imperial Rome
Elisha Ann Dumser
5 Modeling Hermogenes: An Experiment of Bauforschung in 3D
Samuel Holzman
6 Roofing without Timber: The Tower of the Winds in Athens
Hermann J. Kienast
7 Forgotten Constructions: Wide-spanning Trusses in Imperial Rome
Alexander von Kienlin
8 Two Terracotta Vaulting Elements: Tracing Technology Transfer in the Western Mediterranean, 3rd c. B.C.E.-2nd c. C.E.
Lynne C. Lancaster
9 Constructing, Deconstructing, and Reconstructing the 'Temple of Dionysus' in Side, Pamphylia
Katja Piesker
10 Large Stones-Big Challenge?
Klaus Rheidt
11 Virtual Collapse? Considerations of Structure in Reconstructing Greek Architecture
Mark Wilson Jones and Georg Herdt
12 Creating 'Hanging Gardens'
Ulrike Wulf-Rheidt
13 Reconstructions of Roman Polychrome Architecture: Evidence, Ideal, and Ideology
Stephan Zink
General Index

 
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Building the Classical World: Bauforschung as a Contemporary Approach

by: Borbonus, D. Dumser, E.A.

  • ISBN-13: 9780190690526 / 978-0-19-069052-6
  • ISBN-03: 0190690526 / 0-19-069052-6
  • Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2022

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