Research Guides: Architectural History I: Chapter 5

Books, Ebooks, & Videos

Etruscan and Roman Architecture by Axel Boethius; J. B. Ward-Perkins
Call Number: NA295 .B6
ISBN: 0140560327
Publication Date: 1969
Archaeology of the Night (ebook) by Nancy Gonlin; April Nowell
Call Number: GT3408 .A74 2018eb
ISBN: 9781607326786
Publication Date: 2017
Learn about sites involved with nightlife in various ancient civilizations, including Rome.
Ancient Cities: The Archaeology of Urban Life in the Ancient Near East and Egypt, Greece, and Rome by Charles Gates
Call Number: HT114 .G38 2010
ISBN: 9780203830574
Publication Date: 2011

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals Online This link opens in a new window
Index to top-tier scholarly and professional American and international journal articles on architecture and design. Covers subjects such as the history and practice of architecture, landscape architecture, city planning, historic preservation, and interior design and decoration. Seventy-five percent of the journals indexed here are not indexed in any other source.
Cambridge Journals Online This link opens in a new window
Full text access to Cambridge University Press journals in the social sciences, humanities, sciences, technology, and medicine including archaeology, anthropology, biology, computer science, economics, literature, mathematics, medicine, and more. Full text available through end of 2019.

ARTstor This link opens in a new window
ARTstor offers high-resolution images of architecture and art. It also provides details on history, materials, and more related to each image.

Timeline of Art History (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
View images, commentary, and chronologies related to art through the millennia.

Etruscan Architecture
An entry in the Ancient History Encyclopedia discussing Etruscan architecture and its influence on Roman architecture. Includes images and video.
Roman Architecture
An Open Yale course on great buildings and engineering marvels of Rome and its empire, with an emphasis on urban planning and individual monuments and their decoration. Lessons are presented in video format.
Beginner's Guide to Ancient Rome
A Khan Academy course on Ancient Rome. Contains considerable architectural content, including essays, images, and videos.
Roman Power / Roman Architecture
This resource considers the spread of Roman architecture as an element of Roman empire and tracks the influence of Roman architectural style through today. Includes images.