Description: "Architectural Restoration and Heritage in Imperial Rome" is a 301 page, 7.5"x10" hardcover written by Christopher Siwicki and published in 2020 by Oxford University Press as part of the Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture and Representation series. It's in very good condition. The dust jacket shows light scuffing and edge wear. The black buckram boards have a mild bump at the front bottom right corner. An ownership blind-stamp to the third page is the only internal mark, and the binding is tight. Synopsis:This book addresses the treatment and perception of historic buildings in imperial Rome, examining the ways in which public monuments were restored in order to develop an understanding of the Roman concept of built heritage. The study considers examples from the first century BC to second century AD, focusing primarily on the six decades between the Great Fire of AD 64 and the AD 120s, a period of dramatic urban transformation and architectural innovation in Rome. Through analysing how the design, materiality, and appearance of buildings, including the temple of Jupiter Capitolinus and hut of Romulus, developed with successive restorations, the case is made for the existence of a consistent approach to the treatment of historic buildings in this period. With the purpose of uncovering attitudes to built heritage in Roman society more widely, the book also explores how changes to particular monuments and the urban fabric as a whole was received by the people who experienced it first-hand. By examining descriptions of destruction and restoration in literature of the first and second centuries AD, including the works of Seneca the Younger, Pliny the Elder, Martial, Tacitus, and Plutarch, a picture is formed of the conflicting ways in which Rome’s inhabitants responded to the redevelopment of their city. The results provide an alternative way of explaining key interventions in Rome’s built environment and challenge ideas that heritage is a purely modern phenomenon.
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Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Architectural Restoration and Heritage in Imperial Rome
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Subject: Historiography, Historic Preservation / General, General, History / Ancient & Classical
Publication Year: 2020
Item Height: 0.9 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 32 Oz
Subject Area: Architecture, History
Item Length: 9.7 in
Author: Christopher Siwicki
Item Width: 7.6 in
Series: Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture and Representation Ser.
Format: Hardcover
