عنوان

Nero's "Solar" Kingship and the Architecture of the Domus Aurea

شماره

LA122848

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Nero's "Solar" Kingship and the Architecture of the Domus Aurea

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Robert Hannah, Giulio Magli, Antonella Palmieri, et al.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

The Domus Aurea, Nero's last "palace" constructed in the very heart of ancient Rome, is a true masterpiece of Roman architecture. We explore here symbolic aspects of the emperor's project, analyzing the archaeoastronomy of the best preserved part of the Domus, the Esquiline Wing. In particular, we study the so-called Octagonal Room, the huge vaulted room which is in many respects a predecessor of the Pantheon. The project of the room turns out to be connected with astronomy, as is Hadrian's Pantheon sixty years later. Indeed, the divinization and "solarization" of the emperor - placed at the equinoxes as a point of balance in the heavens - are shown to be explicitly referred to in the rigorous orientation of the plan and in the peculiar geometry of the design of the dome. The Domus Aurea, Nero's last "palace" constructed in the very heart of ancient Rome, is a true masterpiece of Roman architecture. We explore here symbolic aspects of the emperor's project, analyzing the archaeoastronomy of the best preserved part of the Domus, the Esquiline Wing. In particular, we study the so-called Octagonal Room, the huge vaulted room which is in many respects a predecessor of the Pantheon. The project of the room turns out to be connected with astronomy, as is Hadrian's Pantheon sixty years later. Indeed, the divinization and "solarization" of the emperor - placed at the equinoxes as a point of balance in the heavens - are shown to be explicitly referred to in the rigorous orientation of the plan and in the peculiar geometry of the design of the dome.

تاريخ نشر

2016

توصيف ظاهري

511-524

عنوان

Numen

شماره جلد

63/5-6

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1568-5276

اصطلاح موضوعی

Domus Aurea

اصطلاح موضوعی

Nero

اصطلاح موضوعی

Roman archaeoastronomy

اصطلاح موضوعی

Roman religion

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Antonella Palmieri

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Giulio Magli

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Robert Hannah

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/15685276-12341436

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y