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Mass Market Paperback. Zustand: Good. Some yellowing of texts and standard wear/scuffing of covers, tight binding. 12mo. Edited for The International Commission for a History of the Scientific & Cultural Development of Man. Contributors include: Mario Praz, R.R. Palmer, Werner Conze, Robert E. Riegel, G.B.L. Wilson, Jean Rostand, Richard H. Shryock, A.A. Zvorikine, Paul Droulers, H.W. Schneider, J. Katz, Pierre Francastel, Henri Gouhier, Leopoldo Zea. 25 essays presented in 5 parts: I, Political & Social Forces; II, Science & Technology; III, Religious Developments; IV, Artistic Expression; and, V, Philosophy. First Printing. Book. …

Journal of Roman Archaeology, Supplementary Series 101. Journal of Roman Archaeology, Portmouth, RI, 2015. First edition. In-4, 230 pages. Original cloth, a fine copy. From the library of Egyptologist Charles Cornell Van Siclen III (VSX). Contents: Introduction. Paradigm and progeny : Roman imperial architecture and its legacy -- Bibliography of William L. MacDonald -- Part 1. Construction and design. Marble entablatures from the Severan Basilica at Lepcis Magna: a working import model of materials from the Proconnesos quarries ; Opus caementicium in Asia Minor: its introduction and development ; The human eye and 3-D laser scanning: the Pantheon's fac_ade and its capitals -- Part 2. Shaping the city and villa. The architectural evolution at the villas of Stabiae, c.80 B.C.-A.D. 79 ; Visualizing power: the architectural evolution of the Roman Forum from Augustus to Diocletian ; The perception of space in ancient Rome ; An irresistible compulsion: the urban armature as operating system at Nysa; The importance of the sea for the urban armature in Roman Carthage -- Part 3. Hadrian and the empire. Masonry and memory in Hadrian's architecture and architectural rhetoric: Hadrian's other villas; Hadrianopoleis and Hadrian's fame as a builder of cities: La postérité provinciale des sanctuaires urbains du culte impérial: nature et signification de leurs citations architecturales et plastiques -- Part 4. The nature and legacy of classicism. Paradigm and polemic: Piranesi and the Pantheon; The classical column: a fundamental notion in architecture. Language: English - French/Français. This book ships from the USA, shipping costs will be updated accordingly (TXR). Relevant subjects: Rome.…