Roland Mayer (King's College London)

The Ruins of Rome

A Cultural History

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Rome's ruins were little regarded before tourists, architects and painters in the Renaissance found them both historically interesting and aesthetically attractive. This prompted their conservation, restoration and presentation over the centuries as modern visitors see them now. This fascinating book will captivate all lovers of 'the Eternal City'.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 394
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 182mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 918g
• ISBN-13: 9781009430104
• ISBN-10: 1009430106
• Artikelnr.: 70901024

Autorenporträt

ROLAND MAYER is Emeritus Professor of Classics at King's College London.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Ruins in Antiquity
2. How Rome Became Ruinous
3. Mediaeval Responses to the Ruins of Rome
4. The Watershed: Petrarch and his Successors
5. The Battle for the Ruins
6. From Topographical Treatise to Guidebook
7. The Ruins Visualized: Paintings and Vedute, Drawings and Engravings, Photographs
8. 'Virtual' Rome: Rome Reconstructed-Visionary Archaeology
9. Remembering the Grand Tour: Paintings, Models and Other Souvenirs
10. Ruins in the Landscape Garden
11. Conservation, Restoration and Presentation of Ruins
12. Literary Responses to the Ruins
Epilogue.