Mark J Johnson

The Roman Imperial Mausoleum in Late Antiquity

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a comprehensive study of the mausolea of the later Roman emperors.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 878g
• ISBN-13: 9780521513715
• ISBN-10: 0521513715
• Artikelnr.: 26154441

Autorenporträt

Mark Johnson is Professor of Art History at Brigham Young University. A scholar of ancient and Early Christian and Byzantine architecture, he has published in Dumbarton Oaks Papers, Gesta, Byzantion, and the Journal of Early Christian Studies, among other journals.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The emperor in death
2. From tumulus to domed rotunda in imperial mausolea
3. The mature domed rotunda - mausolea of the Tetrarchs
4. Mausolea of the Christian emperors
5. Sepulcra Divorum - symbolism and cult practices.