Diane Favro

University of California, Los Angeles, Architecture and Urban Design, Faculty Member

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The Question of Romanization – to Be or Not to Be (Roman)?

Few issues in current Roman scholarship proved more engaging and enduring (and occasionally contr... more Few issues in current Roman scholarship proved more engaging and enduring (and occasionally controversial and disruptive) than the discourse on Romanization. The perception of being Roman, or not being Roman, in a world that was dominated or at least administered by the Roman state is a question of central importance to all aspects of Roman Studies in art, architecture, literature, and history. The concept not only opens the door for politically relevant discourse on the nature of cultural and national identities, it also defines the way that we look at art and architecture made by groups with different identities, Roman or other. It seems opportune to add our voice to the chorus here in a generalized and introductory way to offer an overview, although this subject will come up in the following chapters linked to specific historical or regional contexts where it will be discussed further (see the collection of essays in Mattingly 1997, esp. 7–24; also Barrett, 51–64). A state that r...

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Digital Cultural Mapping: Transformative Scholarship and Teaching in the Geospatial Humanities

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The Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater)

Rome's largest amphitheater, the Colosseum has long been a symbol of Roman civilization. This... more Rome's largest amphitheater, the Colosseum has long been a symbol of Roman civilization. This model, which is part of UCLA's Rome Reborn project, presents all the known details of the building, inside and out. It depicts the evolution of the building from its opening in 80 A.D. until the last gladiatorial combats were held here in the early fifth century.

Paradigm and progeny : Roman imperial architecture and its legacy : proceedings of a conference held at the American Academy in Rome on 6-7 December, 2011 in honor of William L. MacDonald

The festive experience: Roman processions in the urban context

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Basilica of Maxentius

Through a collaborative effort between UCLA’s CVRLab and the University of Lecce, a first phase o... more Through a collaborative effort between UCLA’s CVRLab and the University of Lecce, a first phase of the model was released in 2003. New work on the existing Basilica of Maxentius model was begun in the fall of 2004. The initial departure for the modeling team at ETC was to translate the 3D Model into the appropriate software; which resulted in poor geometry and internal hierarchy structure. With the existing framework then organized and cleaned up, more detailed pieces were built and brought into the model as more tailored texture maps were applied, based on research by the UCLA ETC modeling team. Following a review by the Scientific Committee in July, further details were improved and incorporated into the 3D model. Upon critique and review from a second meeting in September 2005, the Basilica of Maxentius was approved by the Scientific Committee, contingent upon the implementation of discussed and noted changes. Since October 2005, there has been continued correspondence and guidan...

To be or not to be in Past Spaces:: Thoughts on Roman Immersive Reconstructions

Roman Architecture and Urbanism

Romulus showed great forethought . . . Even back then he must have divined that the city would on... more

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Roman Architecture and Urbanism

Romulus showed great forethought. .. Even back then he must have divined that the city would one ... more

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Meaning and Experience: Urban History From Antiquity to the Early Modern Period

The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 1999

U;jrban History is contested territory. Architectural historians, sociologists, historians, geogr... more

Sincere and Good: The Architectural Practice of Julia Morgan

Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, 1992

In the eyes of the beholder: Virtual Reality re-creations and academia

… , Visualization, Imagination; Proceedings of the Third …, 2006

In the eyes of the beholder: Virtual Reality re-creations and academia Diane Favro I begin with a... more

Urban Commemoration

A Companion to the City of Rome

Aosta

Oxford Art Online

Reading Augustan Rome: Materiality as Rhetoric In Situ

Advances in the History of Rhetoric

The first emperor of Rome, Augustus, exploited architecture to convey his sophisticated propagand... more The first emperor of Rome, Augustus, exploited architecture to convey his sophisticated propaganda. He famously boasted to have found Rome a city of brick, and left it a city of marble. This claim has been considered an apt metaphor for the establishment of an imperial state, though the quantitative, physical veracity of the boast has never been fully interrogated. A team from UCLA mapped and modeled the marble projects added to Rome in the decades of Augustan power, using rule-based procedural modeling to generate numerous 3D, interactive, geo-temporal simulations of the entire cityscape with each marble intervention placed in situ topographically and chronologically. Broad, pan-urban views of the city's evolution revealed that Augustan marble projects were neither overwhelming in number nor readily visible. Examination of the urban experience over time and space, however, revealed that marble construction had a constant and pervasive impact. Daily urban residents found their movements blocked by marble transports and their senses bombarded by the noisy, dusty work at construction sites. Thus, it was not the rhetoric conveyed by architecture that justified Augustus' claim, but the rhetoric of the building act that spoke loudly and persuasively in situ.

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Se non e vero, e ben trovato (If Not True, It Is Well Conceived): Digital Immersive Reconstructions of Historical Environments

Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 2012

Assessing Virtual Reality simulations in archaeology. ANTONELLA CORALINI e DANIELA SCAGLIARINI CORLÀITA (edd.), UT NATURA ARS. VIRTUAL REALITY E ARCHEOLOGIA. Atti della giornata di studi (Bologna, 22 aprile 2002) (Studi e Scavi 22, Alma Mater Studiorum; Dipartimento di Archeologia, Università di ...

Journal of Roman Archaeology, 2009

Construction Traffic in Imperial Rome

Rome, Ostia, Pompeii: Movement and Space., 2011

Book Reviews January 2004

American Journal of Archaeology, 2004

Teaching Digital Humanities through Digital Cultural Mapping

Digital Humanities Pedagogy: Practices, Principles and Politics, 2012

The Question of Romanization – to Be or Not to Be (Roman)?

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Digital Cultural Mapping: Transformative Scholarship and Teaching in the Geospatial Humanities

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The Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater)

Paradigm and progeny : Roman imperial architecture and its legacy : proceedings of a conference held at the American Academy in Rome on 6-7 December, 2011 in honor of William L. MacDonald

The festive experience: Roman processions in the urban context