The Spolia Churches of Rome
Recycling Antiquity in the Middle Ages
Will be published approx. on 10. August 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-87-7124-210-2 (ISBN)
Description
The church-builders of the Middle Ages treated the architecture of ancient Rome like a quarry full of prefabricated building materials. This resulted in some very eclectically and ingeniously constructed churches. In The Spolia Churches of Rome we learn of the principles for the distribution of these antique architectural elements and the significance of breaking down and building on the past. Also presented here is a selection of eleven particularly beautiful churches featuring a wide variety of spolia. This book also contains maps and other practical information which make it the ideal companion when seeking out the past in modern-day Rome.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Denmark
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 221 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
429 gr
ISBN-13
978-87-7124-210-2 (9788771242102)
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E-Book
06/2015
Aarhus University Press
€22.49
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Person
Maria Fabricius Hansen is an art historian and associate professor at the University of Copenhagen. She has written books and articles on the legacy and presence of antiquity in medieval and Renaissance art and architecture. This book, which is both an introduction to the spolia churches of medieval Rome and a guide to eleven selected churches, is based on a longer thesis on the subject, The Eloquence of Appropriation (Rome 2003).