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The Decoration of the Baths of Caracalla
The Decoration of the Baths of Caracalla
Chapter 2 explores various antiquarian, archaeological, and art historical evidence in order to reconstruct the decorative program of the Baths of Caracalla to the fullest extent p...
Decoration and Display in Rome's Imperial Thermae
Decoration and Display in Rome's Imperial Thermae
Across the Roman Empire, ubiquitous archaeological, art historical, and literary evidence attests to the significance of bathing for Romans’ daily routines. Given the importance of...
The Visual Experience and Reception of the Baths of Caracalla
The Visual Experience and Reception of the Baths of Caracalla
Chapter 4 combines the archaeological and art historical evidence for the Baths’ decorative program with the methodologies of urban anthropology and cognitive space theory to recon...
The Role of Iconographical Programs at the Baths of Caracalla
The Role of Iconographical Programs at the Baths of Caracalla
To query the sociopolitical rationale that may have prompted the emperor Caracalla to endow such a monumental bathing facility, Chapter 3 addresses the iconographical trends that m...
Conclusions
Conclusions
The concluding chapter summarizes the book’s key findings, reiterating anew the scholarly framework with which one can interpret the motivations underlying Caracalla’s endowment of...
The Power of Place
The Power of Place
Chapter 5 addresses questions of topography and urban design in order to analyze the “power of place”—that is, the Baths’ deliberate associations with preexisting monuments as part...