An important new look at Rome's earliest buildings and their
context within the broader tradition of Mediterranean culture This
groundbreaking study traces the development of Roman architecture
and its sculpture from the earliest days to the middle of the 5th
century BCE. Existing narratives cast the Greeks as the progenitors
of classical art and architecture or rely on historical sources
dating centuries after the fact to establish the Roman context.
Author John North Hopkins, however, allows the material and visual
record to play the primary role in telling the story of Rome's
origins, synthesizing important new evidence from recent
excavations. Hopkins's detailed account of urban growth and
artistic, political, and social exchange establishes strong
parallels with communities across the Mediterranean. From the late
7th century, Romans looked to increasingly distant lands for shifts
in artistic production. By the end of the archaic period they were
building temples that would outstrip the monumentality of even
those on the Greek mainland. The book's extensive illustrations
feature new reconstructions, allowing readers a rare visual
exploration of this fragmentary evidence.
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