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Beckmann, Martin, 1971-

The Column of Marcus Aurelius : the genesis & meaning of a Roman imperial monument / Martin Beckmann. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2011. - ix, 248 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Studies in the history of Greece and Rome .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-242) and index.

The date and purpose of the column -- The dust of northern warfare : choice of location -- Form & function -- Planning & construction -- The frieze : concept & draft -- Carving the frieze -- The frieze as history -- The frieze as art -- Viewing the column -- Epilogue : the columns of Trajan, Marcus Aurelius, and Arcadius.

ISBN: 9780807834619 (cloth: alk. paper)

LCCN: 2010047523

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Column of Marcus Aurelius (Rome, Italy)
Column of Marcus Aurelius (Rome, Italy)--History.
Relief (Sculpture), Ancient--Italy--Rome.
Friezes--Italy--Rome.
Monuments--Social aspects--History.--Rome
Monuments--Political aspects--History.--Rome
Imperialism--Social aspects--History.--Rome

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Rome (Italy)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Rome--History--Marcus Aurelius, 161-180.
Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.

LC Class. No.: NA9340 .R4B43 2011