Description
Book SynopsisA collection of essays by the late Donald Strong, grouped into four sections (general, architectural studies, sculpture, acquisitions at the British Museum), edited by Susan Walker. It includes Strong's inaugural lecture as Professor of Archaeology at London University, on the Romans and archaeology, a hilariously personal view of the subject.
Table of ContentsPreface by S. Walker
The Romans and Archaeology
Roman Museums
Late Hadrianic Architectural Ornaments in Rome
The Round Temple in the Forum Boarium
Some Early Examples of the Composite Capital
The Temple of Castor in the Forum Romanum
Some Observations on Early Roman Corinthian
The Administration of Public Building in Rome during the late Republic and early Empire
Some Unknown Classical Sculpture (Hever Castle)
The Head of an Old Woman
Septimius Severus at Lepcis Magna and Cyrene
Roman Sarcophagi in Anatolia
An Etruscan Ivory Band
A Group of Roman Stucco Reliefs
A Fragment of a Marble Relief
Two Italian Seventeenth-Century Drawings of Antique Sculpture
Three Roman Silver Cups
A Greek Silver Head-Vase
A Lady Centaur
Additional Notes
Index
