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Next Tuesday, February 22 Roman Theatre Museum welcomes the submission of the proceedings of International Symposium scenic facades, revealing the book scaenae frons in the Roman theater architecture. This important appointment with the classic architecture brings to the Foundation Teatro Romano de Cartagena at the forefront of international institutions dedicated to scientific research in these areas.
The publication brings together the papers presented at the International Symposium held in Cartagena from 12 and 14 March 2009, organized by the Fundación Teatro Romano de Cartagena, Murcia University and the German Archaeological Institute.
At the conference, to be held at 20.00 am in the Auditorium of the Museo del Teatro Romano, participating architects and archaeologists from fifteen European institutions like the University Complutense of Madrid, La Sapienza of Rome, the University of Wiesbaden (Germany) and the University of Lyon.
The presentation will intervene Rosario Montero, Councillor of Culture of the City of Cartagena, Elena Ruiz Valdez, director of the Museo del Teatro Romano, Enrique Ujaldón, Director General of Fine Arts and Cultural Cobacho José Antonio Gómez, Rector of the University of Murcia; Sebastian Ramallo, Professor of Archaeology at the University of Murcia and Pascual Martínez, Manager of the Foundation Cajamurcia.
The presentations will focus on the recovery of Carthago Nova Theater and the construction of the Museum Annex, delving into lesser-known aspects of the Roman theater architecture as design theorist scaenae frons, the metric relations between the various components of the building, changes architecture of the front stage and possible regional variations and postscaenium joint.
Address the high number of excavated Roman theater or known to a greater or lesser degree, the device stage, probably the privileged element, more representative and monumental of these buildings from the Augustan period, has a more limited information and documentation.
On this matter, architects and archaeologists have examined the border scaenae a series of theaters excavated or re-studied in recent years to provide sufficient and meaningful material for architectural analysis.
It has tried to cover all regions of the Empire and timelines, so that analyzes the main theaters of Roman Gaul and the Roman cities of North Africa and the theater of Ostia Italic, Cassinum, Theano and Taormina.
Hispania is represented by the theaters of Carthago Nova, Tarraco, Emerita Augusta Bilbilis and inaugurated in the reign of Augustus and later alterations and restorations, and by that of Clunia, somewhat later.
Completes the selection of theaters in the East, under review in recent years, particularly the theater of Ephesus, Aizanoi, Bostra and Gadara.
The Symposium included researchers from:
The Institute for the Study of Ancient Architecture in Aix Provence.Universidad Torino Polytechnic University of WiesbadenDeutsches ologisches Institut Archa ¤ ¤ MadridDeutsches ologisches Archa Archa ¤ RomaDeutsches Institut Institut ologisches BerlinUniversidad of Rome La SapienzaUniversidad PauUniversidad Lyon University of Lleida.
Barcelona.Universidad of TarragonaUniversidad University of Valladolid Zaragoza.Universidad Murcia.Universidad of Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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