tailieunhanh - ROMAN THEATRES An Architectural Study

Roman theatres were complex buildings, closer in design to modern theatres than Greek ones. The seating was arranged in a semicircle around the orchestra as in the Greek theatre, but the stage and scene building were joined to the auditorium and rose to the same height, creating a sense of enclosure more like that of a modern theatre. This sense of enclosure was made more emphatic by the fact that some smaller theatres or odea were roofed and larger ones often had awnings (vela) overhead to shade the audience. The Romans were skilled at building substructures under the auditorium which meant that the seating was served by a complex of. | OXFORD ROMAN THEATRES AN ARCHITECTURAL STUDY Frank Sear OXFORD MONOGRAPHS ON CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY Edited by John Bennet John Boardman I J. Coulton Donna Kurtz R. R. R. Smith and Margarcla Stcinby OXFORD MONOGRAPHS ON CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY Edited by JOHN BENNET JOHN BOARDMAN J. J. COULTON DONNA KURTZ R. R. R. SMITH MARGARETA STEINBY OXFORD MONOGRAPHS ON CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY The series includes self-contained interpretative studies of the art and archaeology of the ancient Mediterranean world. Authoritative volumes cover subjects from the Bronze Age to late antiquity with concentration on the central periods areas and material categories of the classical Greek and Roman .