Appian Way (Italy)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
[Campagna di Roma, (Rome, Italy). Via Appia beyond Genzano. Foundation of ancient post-house], 1910-1940
Photographic Materials
Dates:
1910-1940
[End of Appian Way (Brindisi, Italy)], 1930-1939
Photographic Materials
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of photographs of various sites, all produced by A. Henry Detweiler during his trips in Italy, Greece, Asia Minor and the Middle East. The photographs document the ancient architecture, landscape and archaeological surveying of these areas. Some of the images represent people and everyday life in the visited countries.
Dates:
1930-1939
[Fondi. Walls in opus reticulatum along Via Appia (Fondi, Italy)], 1947-1961
Photographic Materials
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Marion E. Blake collected miscellaneous materials during her research on Roman buildings (Republic and early Empire) and Roman mosaics (second century, Republic, early and late Empire). Both she and Esther Van Deman took many notes during their archaeological surveys and study trips in Italy, Europe and North Africa. The Blake material, always included in the Van Deman Collection, has recently been discovered and re-evaluated as a unique nucleus. The collection is now an accurate survey,...
Dates:
1947-1961
Friends of Library conference, Nuove ricerche alla villa di Massenzio sull'Appia antica, held by Gianni Ponti. Among others Director Little and Head Librarian Huemer (Rome, Italy), 2003-12-04
Photographic Materials
Identifier: AAR.Rome.Events.Conf
Dates:
2003-12-04
[Musée du Louvre, (Paris, France). Greek sculpture: standing discobolus from the Appian Way, from a V century original. Roman sculpture, Julio-Claudian: fragmet of large votive relief from Smyrna], 1910-1940
Photographic Materials
Dates:
1910-1940
[Rome: Via Appia, notes and drawings on mosaic by Aristo (Italy)], 1947-1961
Sub-Series
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Marion E. Blake collected miscellaneous materials during her research on Roman buildings (Republic and early Empire) and Roman mosaics (second century, Republic, early and late Empire). Both she and Esther Van Deman took many notes during their archaeological surveys and study trips in Italy, Europe and North Africa. The Blake material, always included in the Van Deman Collection, has recently been discovered and re-evaluated as a unique nucleus. The collection is now an accurate survey,...
Dates:
1947-1961
[Terracina. Substructions of the Via Appia (Terracina, Italy)], 1947-1961
Photographic Materials
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Marion E. Blake collected miscellaneous materials during her research on Roman buildings (Republic and early Empire) and Roman mosaics (second century, Republic, early and late Empire). Both she and Esther Van Deman took many notes during their archaeological surveys and study trips in Italy, Europe and North Africa. The Blake material, always included in the Van Deman Collection, has recently been discovered and re-evaluated as a unique nucleus. The collection is now an accurate survey,...
Dates:
1947-1961
Van Deman Notes, 1907 - 1929
Collection
Identifier: PA.AAR.VD.N.
Abstract
Esther Van Deman's work focuses on building materials, working to establish a chronology of construction for the ancient sites. In 1907, while attending a lecture in the Atrium Vestae in Rome, Van Deman noticed that the bricks blocking up a doorway differed from those of the structure itself. Such differences in building materials provided a key to discovering the chronology of ancient structures. Van Deman's basic methodology, with few modifications, became the standard procedure in Roman...
Dates:
1907-1929