The Emperor's House

Palaces from Augustus to the Age of Absolutism

Michael Featherstone, Jean-Michel Spieser, Gülru Tanman , Ulrike Wulf-Rheidt

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De Gruyter
28 August 2015

Memorials, monuments; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval

Series: Urban Spaces

Evolving from a patrician domus, the emperor's residence on the Palatine became the centre of the state administration. Elaborate ceremonial regulated access to the imperial family, creating a system of privilege which strengthened the centralised power. Constantine followed the same model in his new capital, under a Christian veneer. The divine attributes of the imperial office were refashioned, with the emperor as God's representative. The palace was an imitation of heaven. Following the loss of the empire in the West and the Near East, the Palace in Constantinople was preserved – subject to the transition from Late Antique to Mediaeval conditions – until the Fourth Crusade, attracting the attention of Visgothic, Lombard, Merovingian, Carolingian, Norman and Muslim rulers. Renaissance princes later drew inspiration for their residences directly from ancient ruins and Roman literature, but there was also contact with the Late Byzantine court. Finally, in the age of Absolutism the palace became again an instrument of power in vast centralised states, with renewed interest in Roman and Byzantine ceremonial. Spanning the broadest chronological and geographical limits of the Roman imperial tradition, from the Principate to the Ottoman empire, the papers in the volume treat various aspects of palace architecture, art and ceremonial.

Edited by: Michael Featherstone, Jean-Michel Spieser, Gülru Tanman, Ulrike Wulf-Rheidt
Imprint: De Gruyter
Country of Publication: Germany
Edition: Digital original
Volume: 4
Dimensions: Height: 280mm, Width: 210mm,
Weight: 1.951kg
ISBN: 9783110331639
ISBN 10: 3110331632
Series: Urban Spaces
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 28 August 2015
Recommended Age: College Graduate Student
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

M. Featherstone, Paris/Fribourg; J.-M. Spieser, Fribourg; G. Tanman, Istanbul; U. Wulf-Rheidt, Berlin

Reviews for The Emperor's House: Palaces from Augustus to the Age of Absolutism

Das vorliegende Buch stellt einen hervorragenden, da aufgrund neuester Erkenntnisse erstellten Eorschungsbericht zu Residenzen ranghochster Rerrscher von antik-romischer Kaiserzeit bis in das 19. Jahrhundert dar. [...] ist es aufgrund seiner Epochen ubergreifenden Anlage, inhaltlich unterschiedlichen Zugange und ausfuhrlichen Literaturangaben wie derzeit kein anderes ein Schlusselwerk zum historischen Palastbau. Cord Meckseper in: Burgen und Schlosser 1/2017: 65-68 .. . Der vorliegende Band [ist] jedem an Herrschaftsarchitektur und nicht zuletzt auch an der Wechselwirkung von Palastarchitektur und Zeremoniell Interessierten warmstens ans Herz gelegt[...]. Christian Rollinger in: Gottinger Forum fur Altertumswissenschaft 20 (2017), S. 1025-1027, gfa.gbv.de Das vorliegende Buch stellt einen hervorragenden, da aufgrund neuester Erkenntnisse erstellten Eorschungsbericht zu Residenzen ranghochster Rerrscher von antik-romischer Kaiserzeit bis in das 19. Jahrhundert dar. [...] ist es aufgrund seiner Epochen ubergreifenden Anlage, inhaltlich unterschiedlichen Zugange und ausfuhrlichen Literaturangaben wie derzeit kein anderes ein Schlusselwerk zum historischen Palastbau. Cord Meckseper in: Burgen und Schlosser 1/2017: 65-68