Innovative vaulting in the architecture of the Roman Empire : 1st to 4th centuries CE /

This book studies six vaulting techniques employed in architecture outside of Rome and asks why they were invented where they were and how they were disseminated. Most of the techniques involve terracotta elements in various forms, such as regular flat bricks, hollow voussoirs, vaulting tubes, and a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lancaster, Lynne C., 1964- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Temas:
Vaults (Architecture) > Rome.
Building, Terra-cotta > Rome.
Architecture, Roman.
Architecture and society > Rome.
Voûtes > Rome.
Construction en terre cuite > Rome.
Architecture romaine.
Architecture et société > Rome.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Public, Commercial & Industrial.
ARCHITECTURE > Project Management.
ARCHITECTURE > Security Design.
Vaults (Architecture)
Building, Terra-cotta
Architecture and society
Architecture, Roman
Rome (Empire)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Opus Caementicium
  • 3. Barrel vaults of brick
  • 4. Complex vault forms of brick
  • 5. Vaulting tubes
  • 6. Hollow voussoirs
  • 7. Vaulting ribs of armchair voussoirs
  • 8. Vault behavior and structural form
  • 9. Vaulting techniques in context.

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