Nicola Camerlenghi

St. Paul's Outside the Walls

A Roman Basilica, from Antiquity to the Modern Era

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The book traces nearly two thousand years of architectural transformations to St Paul's Basilica, one of Rome's principal churches.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 396
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 288mm x 226mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 1379g
• ISBN-13: 9781108429511
• ISBN-10: 1108429513
• Artikelnr.: 52905027

Autorenporträt

Nicola Camerlenghi is Assistant Professor of Art History at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire. He is a native of Italy and Switzerland, and previously he was a fellow at the Bibliotheca Hertziana and the Swiss Institute in Rome. His collaborative projects in the digital humanities have been awarded grants from the Kress Foundation and can be found at www.mappingrome.com. His website associated with the Basilica of St Paul's can be found at https://Dartgo.org/virtualbasilica.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Paul's place in Rome: tomb, trophy, and the Basilica of the Constantinian Dynasty (ca.67-386)
2. The Basilica of the Theodosian Dynasty (386-410)
3. The early transformations (410-700)
4. A fortress of faith during the heart of the Middle Ages (700-1050)
5. The advent, apogee, and end of St Paul's Golden Age (10501-423)
6. Rebirth and modernization (1423-1655)
7. Restoring and reconstructing St Paul's during the long eighteenth century (1655-1823)
Epilogue. The Basilica is dead, long live the Basilica!
Appendix A. Reconciling the evidence and making the model
Appendix B. Carolingian-era patronage.