The architecture of power : great palaces of the ancient world
Format:
Video disc
Title:
The architecture of power : great palaces of the ancient world
Other title(s):
Great palaces of the ancient world
ISBN:
9781629975771
Edition:
Widescreen.
Publication:
Chantilly, VA : The Great Courses, [2018]
Physical Description:
4 videodiscs (approximately 720 min.) : sound, color. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 242 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Series title(s):
General Note:
Title from container.
24 lectures (30 min. each).
Program content: ©2018.
"Course No. 3332"--Container
Contents:
disc 1: Palace past and present -- Malkata Palace: pharaoh, foreigners, and gods -- Amarna: palace of first Sun King -- Phaistos: palaces between Asia and Europe -- Palace of Nestor at Pylos and Bronze Age Greece -- The Assyrian Palace at Nimrud: empire in stone -- disc 2: Nineveh: the architecture of Assyrian power -- Persepolis: palace of the Persians -- Greek palaces in conquered lands I -- Greek palaces in conquered lands II -- Greek palaces come to Roman Italy -- Masada: Herod the Great between East and West -- disc 3: Herod the Great's Summer and Winter palaces -- Caligula's floating palaces -- Nero's Domus Transitoria at Rome -- Nero's Golden House: a Roman palace theater -- Rome's great imperial palace of Domitian -- Hadrian's villa, Tivoli -- disc 4: Diocletian's retirement palace, Split -- Constantine's palace, Constantinople -- China's endless palace: Weiyang Palace -- The Palace of Montezuma II at Tenochtitlan -- Renaissance palaces and the classical revival -- Palaces in a world of democracies.
Summary:
The seat of power. A symbol of authority and prosperity. The center of a complex nexus of social and cultural forces. A palace is all of these and more. Palaces are mirrors of the societies that created them and the rulers that occupied them. The palaces of rulers past and present are truly a sight to behold. Marvel at Weiyang, China's Endless Palace. Tour the gorgeous gardens at the Palace of Versailles. Take a ride on the floating palaces, from the Syracusia of 240 BC to Cleopatra's perfumed pleasure ship and Caligula's luxurious bejeweled vessels. The Architecture of Power offers an insider's look at some of history's most awe-inspiring structures. In 24 lectures presented by Professor Steven L. Tuck of Miami University, you will not only get a glimpse into imposing and magnificent places, but you will also experience many that are inaccessible to the public-and even some that no longer exist. As you make your way through these storied sites, you'll also delve into an exploration of the meaning of power and the ways it operated in societies across the globe. After taking this course, you'll see these places and what they mean-in the past, as well as today-in a whole new way.
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