Audios
Rome of constantine and a new Rome [Roman Architecture]
Autor
Kleiner, Diana E. E.
Resumen
Presents part of course, Roman Architecture, when Professor Kleiner presents the architecture of Constantine the Great, the last pagan and first Christian emperor of Rome, who founded Constantinople as the "New Rome" in A.D. 324. Professor Kleiner makes an impassioned case that some of the finest and most innovative Roman buildings date to the Constantinian period. Professor Kleiner asserts that the transfer of the Empire's capital from Rome to Constantinople diminished Rome's influence, at least temporarily, but not the impact of its architecture, which like the city of Rome itself, is eterna Educação Superior::Ciências Sociais Aplicadas::Arquitetura e Urbanismo Educação Superior::Linguística, Letras e Artes::Artes