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

• Autore: Karmon David E.
• Pubblicazione: New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 320 p.) : ill
• Disciplina: 363.6/9094563209024
• Soggetto topico: Historic preservation - Italy - Rome - History - 16th century; Historic preservation - Italy - Rome - History - To 1500; Renaissance - Italy - Rome; Historic buildings - Conservation and restoration - Italy - Rome
• Soggetto geografico: Rome (Italy) Antiquities; Rome (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc; Rome (Italy) Antiquities Collection and preservation
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The ruin of the Eternal City
• ISBN: 0-19-987746-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996216523603316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno