Rudiments of ancient architecture, containing an historic account of the five orders, with their propositions, and examples of each from antiques; also extracts from Vitruvius, Pliny &c. relative to the buildings of the ancients ... With a dictionary of terms. Illustrated with eleven plates.

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Rudiments of ancient architecture, containing an historic account of the five orders, with their proportions, and examples of each from antiques; also extracts from Vitruvius, Pliny, &c. relative to the buildings of the ancients. With a dictionary of terms. Illustrated with eleven plates.

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Lives of Caius Asinius Pollio, Marcus Terentius Varro, and Cneius Cornelius Gallus : with notes and illustrations /

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Restitución 3D de la topografía de la antigua ciudad de Tarraco en un entorno SIG: propuestas metodológicas y primeros resultados

Durante los últimos años el Institut Català d’Arquelogia Clàssica, el Museu d’Història de Tarragona, contando con la colaboración de la Generalitat de Catalunya, han desarrallado el proyecto Planimetría Arqueológica de Tárraco, destinado a la elaboración de una planta arqueológica global en la cual se recogieran intervenciones y noticias referentes a los hallazgos arqueológicos existentes. Este trabajo fue publicado utilizando como plataforma de trabajo un SIG construido para tal fin (Macias et al. 2007). Sin embargo, un problema de difícil solución arqueológica venía dado por las transformaciones urbanísticas de la ciudad, sufridas en su mayor parte a lo largo de los siglos XIX y XX. Éstas habían provocado la pérdida irremediable de gran parte de la elevación que acogiera la ciudad romana, cambiando substancialmente su aspecto original. Ante esta situación y como proyecto paralelo a la realización de la Planimetría Arqueológica de Tarragona se plantearon formas de cubrir este vacío. Se presenta en esta comunicación una propuesta metodológica para la reconstrucción de los grandes «vacíos topográficos » originados por la evolución urbanística de Tarragona mediante la obtención e integración en un SIG de diversos tipos de información documental. En estas zonas rebajadas no resulta posible la obtención de información estratigráfica y arqueológica, por lo que es imprescindible la definición de vías metodológicas alternativas basadas en la extrapolación de datos extraídos de la cartografía histórica, panorámicas del XVI o fotografías tomadas en los siglos XIX y XX. Esta técnica permite aplicar los resultados obtenidos en los nuevos análisis interpretativos, complementando así la interpretación arqueológica de la topografía urbana de la ciudad romana. A partir de esta información, y aplicando funciones y técnicas de interpolación propias de un GIS, se propone aquí un modelo de relieve de la ciudad de Tarraco.

Teoria de l'arquitectura : la tradició clàssica

Summary of the course on Architectural History and Theory, EPS, UdG. This architectural history and theory program will study in roughly chronological order some of the major theories and theoreticians of architecture, from Vitruvius, through the Renaissance to the Enlightenment

Os desenhos do De Architectura (arcitektouikh)

Como sabemos, os manuscritos onde se baseiam todas as versões do tratado de Arquitectura de Vitruvio não contêm desenhos originais. Procuramos aqui confirmar que o original teria tido no máximo doze desenhos e que esses desenhos são mencionados, pontualmente, por Vitruvio ao longo do seu tratado. Procurámos aqui reconstituir, sempre que nos foi possível, os desenhos que Vitruvio teria realizado no seu tratado de Arquitectura. Problematizamos a ausência dos mesmos nos actuais manuscritos mas não pretendemos, neste artigo, abordar nenhuma explicação. Esta investigação é parte integrante, mas alterada, da nossa dissertação para doutoramento, que versa sobre os operadores de concepção arquitectónica propostos por Vitruvio.

Roman public libraries

This thesis aims to investigate the development and functions of public libraries in Rome and the Roman world. After a preface with maps of libraries in Rome, Section I discusses the precursors for public library provision in the private book collections of Republican Rome, and their transfer into the public domain with the first public libraries of Asinius Pollio and Augustus. Section II contains three 'case studies' of public libraries' different roles. The Augustan library programme is used in Ch.II.l to examine the role of imperial public libraries in literary life and the connections between Rome's libraries and those of Alexandria. Chapter II.2 concentrates on the libraries of Trajan's Forum to explore the intersection of imperial public libraries and monumental public architecture. This chapter responds to an important recent article by arguing for the continued identification of the Forum's libraries with twin brick buildings at its northern end, and suggests a series of correspondences between these libraries and its other monumental components. The conclusions of this chapter are important when considering the public libraries of the wider empire, several of which seem to have been inspired by the Trajanic libraries. Chapter II.3 considers imperial public libraries and leisure by looking at the evidence for libraries within bath-house complexes, concluding that their presence there is consistent with the archaeological and epigraphic evidence and fits in well with what we know of the intellectual and cultural life of these structures. Section III examines various aspects of the practical function of Roman public libraries: their contents (books and archives), division into Latin and Greek sections, provisions for shelving and cataloguing, staff, usership, architectural form, decoration, and housing of works of art. The picture that emerges is of carefully designed and functional buildings intended to sustain public, monumental, and practical functions. Section IV uses a variety of texts to examine the way in which libraries were viewed and used. Ch. IV. 1 discusses the evidence for use of libraries by scholars and authors such as Gellius, Galen, Josephus, and Apuleius. Ch. IV.2 examines parallels between library collections and compendious encyclopaedic elements within Roman literature and considers how library collections came to be canon-forming institutions and vehicles for the expression of imperial approval or disapproval towards authors. The channels through which this imperial influence flowed are investigated in Ch. IV.3, which looks at the directors and staff of the public libraries of Rome. The final section (V) of the thesis concerns public libraries outside the city of Rome. Provincial libraries provide a useful case study in 'Romanisation': they reveal a range of influences and are shown to embody local, personal, and metropolitan imperial identities. There follows a brief conclusion, and a bibliography. There are also five appendices of numismatic and epigraphic material discussed in the text. This material has not been adequately or completely gathered elsewhere and is intended to assist the reader; where appropriate it includes illustrations, transcriptions, and translations.

Homens Plenos, Sem Enigmas

Este texto tem o objetivo apresentar alguns resultados de nossa pesquisade pós-doutorado, onde abordamos os desafios e as possibilidades da relação educação e trabalho, através da sistematização das práticas pedagógicas originadas da experiência educacional dos países da América Latina. Esta pesquisa pretendeu aprofundar algumas questões desenvolvidas em nossa dissertação de mestrado, Villela (2003), e em nossa tese de doutorado, Villela (2007).