Tomlinson – From Mycenae to Constantinople

Richard A Tomlinson, Richard A. Tomlinson9780415059985, 9780415245968, 0415059984, 0415059976, 9780415059978, 0203412907, 9780203412909

This book examines a selection of Greek and Roman cities, looking specifically at their architectural remains. They are chosen for their importance to our understanding of the evolution of the city form, either because they were already important in antiquity, or because the quality of the remains makes them particularly interesting. Thus the survey includes early places which failed to develop, places which were major, dominant cities in their own time, and others which were never more than ordinary but which through accident (the eruption of Vesuvius at Pompeii) have left especially significant remains. This is more than a book about pure ancient architecture: rather it is architecture in its social context – showing how architecture is part of history rather than an aesthetic topic to be treated in isolation. The book emphasizes how the form and arrangement of different building types persist or develop in response to differing circumstances.

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Table of contents :
Book Cover……Page 1
Title……Page 4
Contents……Page 5
List of illustrations……Page 8
Preface……Page 12
Acknowledgements……Page 14
INTRODUCTION: CITIES AND THEIR CREATORS……Page 16
BUILDINGS: TYPES AND FUNCTIONS……Page 32
MYCENAE: THE FORERUNNERS……Page 46
ATHENS AND PIRAEUS……Page 60
CORINTH……Page 90
PRIENE……Page 100
ALEXANDRIA……Page 112
PERGAMON……Page 126
THESSALONIKE……Page 138
CYRENE……Page 144
ROME……Page 162
POMPEII……Page 190
LEPCIS MAGNA……Page 206
PALMYRA……Page 218
EPILOGUE: CONSTANTINOPLE……Page 228
Notes……Page 240
Select bibliography……Page 248
Index……Page 250