Medennikova, Alexandra E.; Karelin, Dmitry A. On the Implication of Pictured Fortification in Roman Art

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Title On the Implication of Pictured Fortification in Roman Art
Author email dmitry.a.karelin@gmail.com
About author Medennikova, Alexandra Evgenievna — doctoral student. Pontificio Istituto di Archeologia Cristiana, Via Napoleone III, 1, 00185 Roma, Italia. alexandra.medennikova@gmail.com OCRID: 0000-0001-8725-158X Karelin, Dmitry Alexeevich — Ph. D., professor. Moscow Institute of Architecture (State Academy) (MARCHI), Rozhdestvenka, 11/4–1–4, 107031 Moscow, Russian Federation. dmitry.a.karelin@gmail.com OCRID: 0000-0002-0846-0381
In the section Art of the Ancient World DOI10.18688/aa2111-01-14
Year 2021 Volume 11 Pages 157–171
Type of article RAR Index UDK 72.032 Index BBK 85.11
Abstract

There are many examples of depictions of city walls, fortresses, and military camps in Roman art. The goals of the study are to classify the examined depictions, to reveal the peculiarities and architectural details of fortifications, which are little-known according to archaeological data, and to analyze the features of the studied depictions. They can be divided into several types: images on coins, medals, and in codices; frescoes or mosaics; objects of applied art and architectural models; sculptural reliefs.

The studied images show many architectural peculiarities of Roman military architecture unknown to archaeology and have common features. For example, the masonry is usually shown in the same manner: it is monumental and made of huge rectangular blocks.

The article singles out three main meanings of the examined images: the architectural landscape, the idea of a city (urbs) and the depiction of sacral borders (the pomerium and others).
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Reference Medennikova, Alexandra E.; Karelin, Dmitry A. On the Implication of Pictured Fortification in Roman Art. Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art: Collection of articles. Vol. 11. Eds A. V. Zakharova, S. V. Maltseva, E. Iu. Staniukovich-Denisova. — St. Petersburg: St. Petersburg Univ. Press, 2021, pp. 157–171. ISSN 2312-2129. http://dx.doi.org/10.18688/aa2111-01-14
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