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The Ruins of Palmyra and Baalbek

Author : Robert Wood
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350159859
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book The Ruins of Palmyra and Baalbek written by Robert Wood and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in the 1750s, The Ruins of Palmyra and The Ruins of Baalbek are a remarkable record of an expedition to the Levant by three antiquarians - Robert Wood, John Bouverie and James Dawkins - along with a draftsman, Giovanni Battista Borra. With over 100 engravings of the classical architecture of the two ancient cities of Palmyra and Baalbek, the volumes represent the earliest-known examples of monographs on archaeological sites. They were unique in providing systematic discussion of the sites' physical and human geography alongside two kinds of pictorial evidence: views of the ancient sites in their then-present state and detailed plans, with measurements, of architectural features. This new approach was immediately copied by antiquarians in the later 18th century and also had great influence upon Neoclassical architecture in Britain, Europe and North America. This new edition features reproductions of all the engravings from the original publications and includes a new introduction by noted scholar, Benjamin Anderson (Cornell University, USA).

The Ruins of Palmyra

Author : Robert Wood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781350159808
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (598 download)

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Download or read book The Ruins of Palmyra written by Robert Wood and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Wood's Palmyra and Balbec were first printed in 1753 and 1757, respectively, in simultaneous English and French editions. (For the circumstances of publication, see the Introduction below.) Both were republished in a single volume in 1827 (London: William Pickering); and reprinted in separate volumes in 1971 (Westmead: Gregg International). No manuscript of the texts is known to survive, but Borra's drawings for the plates are preserved in the collection of the Royal Institute of British Architects (see, e.g., Figure 7 in the Introduction below). The present text is based on the original English editions of 1753 and 1757. Orthography and capitalization have been modernised, punctuation has not. Toponyms and names of historical figures have been modified to reflect current English usage. Wood's references to other authors, ancient and modern, are highly abbreviated, and are here reprinted as found. However, passages directly quoted from ancient authors have been updated by reference to more recent editions: the Loebs for Diodorus Siculus, the Historia Augusta, Pliny, and Strabo; Dindorf (1832) for the Chronicon Paschale; Mommsen (1868) for the Digest; Rougé (1966) for the Expositio totius mundi et gentium; Lightfoot (2003) for Lucian's On the Syrian Goddess; Willis (1994) for Macrobius; and Thurn (2000) for Malalas. Citations, by book and chapter when appropriate, have been supplied {in braces}. Internal cross-references have been updated to reflect the pagination of the present volumes. References in the Introduction give the pagination, first of the original editions, then of the present volumes."--

The Ruins of Balbec, Otherwise Heliopolis in Coelosyria

Author : Robert Wood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780598005571
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book The Ruins of Balbec, Otherwise Heliopolis in Coelosyria written by Robert Wood and published by . This book was released on 1757 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Roman Syria and the Near East

Author : Kevin Butcher
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780892367153
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book Roman Syria and the Near East written by Kevin Butcher and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2003 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of contents

Baalbek-Heliopolis, the Bekaa, and Berytus from 100 BCE to 400 CE

Author : Simone Paturel
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004400737
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Baalbek-Heliopolis, the Bekaa, and Berytus from 100 BCE to 400 CE written by Simone Paturel and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-07-01 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this monograph is to understand the extent to which the landscape of Roman Berytus and the Bekaa valley is a product of colonial transformation following the foundation of Colonia Iulia Augusta Felix Berytus in 15 BCE. The book explores the changes observed in the cities of Berytus and Heliopolis, as well as the sites at Deir el-Qalaa, Niha, and Hosn Niha. The work fundamentally challenges the traditional paradigm, where Baalbek-Heliopolis is seen as a religious site dating from as early as the Bronze Age and associated with the worship of a Semitic or Phoenician deity triad and replaces it with a new perspective where religious activity is largely a product of colonial change.

The Life and Works of Robert Wood

Author : Rachel Finnegan
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1803271779
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book The Life and Works of Robert Wood written by Rachel Finnegan and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2022-01-06 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Life and Works of Robert Wood (1717-1771) commemorates the Irish classicist and traveller on the 250th anniversary of his death and provides the general reader with a source book for the fascinating life and career of a much-neglected figure in the realm of Irish eighteenth-century travels and antiquarianism.

The Life and Works of Robert Wood

Author : Rachel Finnegan
Publisher : Archaeopress Archaeology
ISBN 13 : 9781803271767
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (717 download)

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Download or read book The Life and Works of Robert Wood written by Rachel Finnegan and published by Archaeopress Archaeology. This book was released on 2022-01-06 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Life and Works of Robert Wood (1717-1771) commemorates the Irish classicist and traveller on the 250th anniversary of his death and provides the general reader with a study that can be regarded as a source book for the fascinating life and career of a much-neglected figure in the realm of Irish eighteenth-century travels and antiquarianism. The book starts by setting the context of eighteenth-century travels to the east and then examines the primary sources emanating from Wood's own eastern voyages, as well as the relevant literary sources available to him before, during, and after his travels. It then provides an extensive and much-needed biographical account of Robert Wood, with particular reference to his Irish and English patrons, before examining the main results of the second tour (1750-1751), namely his three pioneering books: Ruins of Palmyra (1753), Ruins of Balbec (1757), and The Original Genius of Homer (1775). It ends by considering the enormous legacy of Robert Wood, in terms of the popularity of his books; the variety and quality of portraits commissioned by his friends and associates; his contribution to the study of classical literature; his influence on architectural drawing in late eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Europe; and the cultural significance of his work on building design. The text also reflects on the somewhat questionable nature of his works, in terms of the fact that his second voyage of the east, and the entire production of the first two books, were financed by his friend Dawkins, whose wealth derived from a slave plantation in Jamaica.

American Journal of Archaeology and of the History of the Fine Arts

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 850 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Journal of Archaeology and of the History of the Fine Arts written by and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Southern Frontiers

Author : Don McCullin
Publisher : Random House UK
ISBN 13 : 9780224087087
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book Southern Frontiers written by Don McCullin and published by Random House UK. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don McCullin's reputation as the greatest photographer of conflict has been replaced in recent years with an image of McCullin as the great traveller. He is now as familiar with the remoter parts of the globe as he was once accustomed to life in the war zone. His most ambitious journey has been to explore the fringes of the Roman empire. Southern Frontiers is divided into two parts. The first, The Levant, includes the ruins of Baalbek in the Lebanon, Palmyra in Syria and Jirash in Jordan. The second par , The Moghreb, covers a sweeping journey through the North African coastal countries Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya, where he has photographed the great ruins of Leptus Magna. McCullin's photographs, taken on a large format camera, are evocative of the views of distinguished nineteenth-century predecessors who came with sketchbooks and paints. The book is produced in an appropriate large album format. Texts on each of the sites have been written by Barnaby Rogerson, an authority on the Roman empire. The book will include an introduction by McCullin himself.

The Ruins of Pæstum Otherwise Posidonia, in Magna Græcia

Author : Thomas Major
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783741181184
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (811 download)

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Download or read book The Ruins of Pæstum Otherwise Posidonia, in Magna Græcia written by Thomas Major and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-29 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ruins of Paestum otherwise Posidonia, in Magna Graecia is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1768. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres.As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature.Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future."

The Archaeology of Death in Roman Syria

Author : Lidewijde de Jong
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107131413
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book The Archaeology of Death in Roman Syria written by Lidewijde de Jong and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-07-20 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book sheds new light on funerary customs in Roman Syria, offering a novel way of understanding its provincial culture.

Early Islamic Syria

Author : Alan Walmsley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472537769
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)

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Download or read book Early Islamic Syria written by Alan Walmsley and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11-20 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After more than a century of neglect, a profound revolution is occurring in the way archaeology addresses and interprets developments in the social history of early Islamic Syria-Palestine. This concise book offers an innovative assessment of social and economic developments in Syria-Palestine shortly before, and in the two centuries after, the Islamic expansion (the later sixth to the early ninth century AD), drawing on a wide range of new evidence from recent archaeological work. Alan Walmsley challenges conventional explanations for social change with the arrival of Islam, arguing for considerable cultural and economic continuity rather than devastation and unrelenting decline. Much new, and increasingly non-elite, architectural evidence and an ever-growing corpus of material culture indicate that Syria-Palestine entered a new age of social richness in the early Islamic period, even if the gains were chronologically and regionally uneven.

Palmyra

Author : Paul Veyne
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022645293X
Total Pages : 111 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book Palmyra written by Paul Veyne and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2017-04-26 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “comprehensive, passionate” portrait of the magnificent ancient city destroyed by ISIS: “Veyne speaks of Palmyra as one might of a lost lover” (The Spectator). Located northeast of Damascus, in an oasis surrounded by palms and two mountain ranges, the ancient city of Palmyra has the aura of myth. According to the Bible, the city was built by Solomon. Regardless of its actual origins, it was an influential city, serving for centuries as a caravan stop for those crossing the Syrian Desert. It became a Roman province under Tiberius and served as the most powerful commercial center in the Middle East between the first and the third centuries CE. But when the citizens of Palmyra tried to break away from Rome, they were defeated, marking the end of the city’s prosperity. The magnificent monuments from that earlier era of wealth, a resplendent blend of Greco-Roman architecture and local influences, stretched over miles and were among the most significant buildings of the ancient world—until the arrival of ISIS. In 2015, ISIS fought to gain control of the area because it was home to a prison where many members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood had been held, and ISIS went on to systematically destroy the city and murder many of its inhabitants, including the archaeologist Khaled al-Asaad, the antiquities director of Palmyra. In this concise history, Paul Veyne offers a beautiful and moving look at this significant lost city and why it was—and still is—important. Today, we can appreciate the majesty of Palmyra only through its pictures and stories, and this “elegant” book offers a beautifully illustrated memorial that also serves as a lasting guide to a cultural treasure (Common Knowledge). “Veyne, the most eminent living historian of Rome, has written an elegiac lament on the meaning for world history of this looted city. . . . offers an excellent survey of the relationship between the city and the wider Roman Empire.” —Times Literary Supplement “Veyne surveys the city’s art and architecture, its class composition, the fire and folly of Queen Zenobia, its entire evolution.” —SFGate

Five Years in Damascus

Author : Josias L. Porter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Five Years in Damascus written by Josias L. Porter and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Baalbek

Author : Friedrich Ragette
Publisher : Chatto & Windus
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Baalbek written by Friedrich Ragette and published by Chatto & Windus. This book was released on 1980 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Changing Ideals in Modern Architecture, 1750-1950

Author : Peter Collins
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773517049
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Changing Ideals in Modern Architecture, 1750-1950 written by Peter Collins and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1998 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Changing Ideals in Modern Architecture revolutionized the understanding of modernism in architecture, pushing back the sense of its origin from the early twentieth century to the 1750s and thus placing architectural thought within the a broader context of

The Pictorial Bible ... Illustrated with Steel Engraving ... To which are Added Original Notes ... by John Kitto ... A New Edition, Etc

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 660 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (26 download)

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