COLLECTION NAME:
Splendore Dell' Antica Roma
Record
Title:
Leaf 125 - Palaestrae Gymnasia
Creator:
Lauro, Giacomo
Description:
The Palestra and Gymnasium The Gymnasium was a Greek practice that evolved over time into the colonnaded buildings housing an area for exercise and also a place for socializing. The building is in the form of a peristyle (a courtyard with a covered walkway around it). Palestra also refers to a place for training or exercise but is used mostly in conjunction with wrestling. The Romans incorporated these into bath complexes, though they also existed separately.
Description:
The verso of this leaf contains text in three languages with the title in Italian: Palestri E Ginnasii
Subject:
Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities.
Subject:
Architecture, Roman -- Italy -- Rome.
Subject:
Gymnasiums
Publisher:
Andrea Fei, Roma, 1625
Date:
1625
Coverage:
Rome (Italy)
Coverage:
Italy
Type:
Still Image
Extent:
28.5 x 21 cm
Format/Medium:
Engravings
Source:
Splendore dell'antica Roma, in Jen Library Archives and Special Collections, Savannah College of Art and Design.
Rights:
Though this item is believed to be in the Public Domain, copyright may have been retained by the authors or creators of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
