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PublisherPrinceton University Press
ISBN-100691039011
ISBN-139780691039015
eBay Product ID (ePID)1382506
Product Key Features
Number of Pages242 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameIdea of a Town : the Anthropology of Urban Form in Rome, Italy, and the Ancient World
SubjectUrban & Land Use Planning, Ancient / General, History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Anthropology / General
Publication Year1976
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPhilosophy, Architecture, Social Science, History
AuthorJoseph Rykwert
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight33.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN75-031901
TitleLeadingThe
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal307.1/2/093
SynopsisThe Description for this book, Idea of a Town: The Anthropology of Urban Form in Rome, Italy, and the Ancient World, will be forthcoming., The idea of a town must be strong enough to survive the inevitable chaotic overlay of urban experience, Joseph Rykwert asserts in this fundamental book on urban form. In his preface to this new edition he reviews the developments over the past thirty ears, in archeology, in historical and philological work, and in urban planning and architectural trends that make The Idea of a Town timely once again; a reminder that recognizable patterns and texture, public open space, and conspicuous institutions can enrich the late twentieth-century city which has become preoccupied with the isolated architectural object, with physical and market forces. Rykwert focuses on the Roman town as a work of art, a symbolic pattern deliberately created and enjoyed by its inhabitants - its shape and the structure of the spaces constructed on the basis of beliefs and rituals. His starting point is the ancient texts: mythical, historical, and ritual in which city-foundations are told and played out, and in particular the "Etruscan rite," a group of ceremonies which regulated the creation of practically all Roman towns. The principal institutions of the town, its walls and gates, its central shrines, and its public spaces, were all part of a pattern to which the myths which accompanied them provide clues. As in the other "closed" societies Rykwert investigates and compares throughout the book, these rituals and myths served to create a secure home for Roman citizens, placing them firmly in a knowable universe. Joseph Rykwert is Paul Philippe Cret Professor of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania., The description for this book, Idea of a Town: The Anthropology of Urban Form in Rome, Italy, and the Ancient World, will be forthcoming.
LC Classification NumberHT166.R94
