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Record Nr.

UNISA996216523603316

Autore

Karmon David E.

Titolo

The ruin of the Eternal City : antiquity and preservation in Renaissance Rome / / David Karmon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2011

ISBN

0-19-987746-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 320 p.) : ill

Disciplina

363.6/9094563209024

Soggetti

Historic preservation - Italy - Rome - History - 16th century

Historic preservation - Italy - Rome - History - To 1500

Renaissance - Italy - Rome

Historic buildings - Conservation and restoration - Italy - Rome

Rome (Italy) Antiquities

Rome (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc

Rome (Italy) Antiquities Collection and preservation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preservation practices in ancient and medieval Rome -- Inventing a preservation program in fifteenth-century Rome -- A sixteenth-century meteor in the Roman Forum -- The Colosseum -- The Pantheon -- The Ponte Santa Maria -- Conclusion: Rethinking preservation practices in Renaissance Rome -- Appendix of archival documents.

Sommario/riassunto

The Ruin of the Eternal City provides the first systematic analysis of the preservation practices of the popes, civic magistrates, and ordinary citizens of Renaissance Rome. This study offers a new understanding of historic preservation as it occurred during the extraordinary rebuilding of a great European capital city.