The Roman Amphitheatre
From its Origins to the Colosseum
- Author: Katherine E. Welch, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
- Date Published: February 2009
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521744355
Paperback
Looking for an inspection copy?
This title is not currently available for inspection. However, if you are interested in the title for your course we can consider offering an inspection copy. To register your interest please contact asiamktg@cambridge.org providing details of the course you are teaching.
-
This is the first book to analyze the evolution of the Roman amphitheatre as an architectural form. Katherine Welch addresses the critical period in the history of this building type: its origins and dissemination under the Republic, from the third to first centuries BC; its monumentalization as an architectural form under Augustus; and its canonization as a building type with the Colosseum (AD 80). She explores the social and political contexts of each of these phases in detail. The study then shifts focus to the reception of the amphitheatre and the games in the Greek East, a part of the Empire that was, initially, deeply fractured about the new realities of Roman rule.
Read more- First book to address the critical period in the history of the Roman amphitheatre - its origins and development under the Republic
- Traces history of the amphitheatre from its early period to its canonization as a building type with the Colosseum in Rome
- Discusses the reception of the Colosseum and its games during the imperial period
Reviews & endorsements
'Repeatedly, Welch's book stirs the embers under simmering controversies, thereby giving us both good reading and adventurous scholarship.' Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians
See more reviews'The Colosseum, more than any other building from ancient Rome, is routinely the subject of both scholarly and popular texts. While it seems that important studies are published on this structure every year, rarely does any attain the status of definitive text. Katherine Welch's The Roman Amphitheatre: From Its Origins to the Colosseum is such a book. Welch's splendid volume is a culmination of her amphitheatre studies and provides a much-needed examination of the building type's origins in Republican Rome and its development up to and including the Colosseum.' Thomas J. Morton, The Art Bulletin
Customer reviews
Not yet reviewed
Be the first to review
Review was not posted due to profanity
×Product details
- Date Published: February 2009
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521744355
- length: 378 pages
- dimensions: 254 x 178 x 23 mm
- weight: 0.94kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction: the 'imperial' interpretation of arena games
1. Arena games during the Republic
2. Origins of amphitheatre architecture
3. Stone amphitheatres during the republican period
4. The amphitheatre between republic and empire: monumentalization of the amphitheatre building
5. The colosseum: canonization of the amphitheatre building type
6. The reception of the amphitheatre in the Greek world in the early imperial period
Conclusion
Appendix: amphitheatres of republican date.
Sorry, this resource is locked
Please register or sign in to request access. If you are having problems accessing these resources please email lecturers@cambridge.org
Register Sign in» Proceed
You are now leaving the Cambridge University Press website. Your eBook purchase and download will be completed by our partner www.ebooks.com. Please see the permission section of the www.ebooks.com catalogue page for details of the print & copy limits on our eBooks.
Continue ×Are you sure you want to delete your account?
This cannot be undone.
Thank you for your feedback which will help us improve our service.
If you requested a response, we will make sure to get back to you shortly.
×