Lothar
Haselberger is the Morris Russell and Chidsey Williams Professor
in Roman Architecture at Penn. His research interests are
focused on the exploration of Greco-Roman Architecture in
its practical and theoretical implications, from millimeter-refinements
of ancient stone-carving to "macroscopic" aspects
of urbanism, from the documentation of ancient construction
drawings (focusing on the Temple of Apollo at Didyma, Turkey,
and the Pantheon in Rome) to analyzing theories of design,
visibility, and city building in the writings of Philo of
Byzantium, Vitruvius, and others. Currently, he is specially
interested in the modes and media in the ancient transmission
of design, the changes and ruptures in that tradition, and
the literal application of Vitruvian "design recipes"
now tangible in major temples (Didyma temple; Augustus' Temple
of Mars Ultor; Hadrian's Pantheon) and cities (Pergamon; Alexandria).
He also directed the Mapping
Augustan Rome project with David Romano.
Lothar
Haselberger is the Morris Russell and Chidsey Williams Professor
in Roman Architecture at Penn. His research interests are
focused on the exploration of Greco-Roman Architecture in
its practical and theoretical implications, from millimeter-refinements
of ancient stone-carving to "macroscopic" aspects
of urbanism, from the documentation of ancient construction
drawings (focusing on the Temple of Apollo at Didyma, Turkey,
and the Pantheon in Rome) to analyzing theories of design,
visibility, and city building in the writings of Philo of
Byzantium, Vitruvius, and others. Currently, he is specially
interested in the modes and media in the ancient transmission
of design, the changes and ruptures in that tradition, and
the literal application of Vitruvian "design recipes"
now tangible in major temples (Didyma temple; Augustus' Temple
of Mars Ultor; Hadrian's Pantheon) and cities (Pergamon; Alexandria).
He also directed the