Architectural Restoration and Heritage in Imperial Rome

ISBN-13: 9780198848578 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 320 str.

Christopher Siwicki

Recenzje

The book addresses a key question for those researching the restoration of ancient Rome's monuments over the centuries: what were the Roman attitudes towards their built heritage? And why did the Romans restore their buildings in the way they did? The author concludes that Roman sensibilities towards the restoration of their historic architecture differed from modern ones, that they were generally appreciative of innovative rather than conservative restoration, but that the status of a building might affect the way its restoration was conceptualised and approached.

O autorze

Christopher Siwicki is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Exeter, having also held the Rome Fellowship at the British School at Rome and the Grete Sondheimer Fellowship at the Warburg Institute. His research revolves around Roman architecture, in particular, how the ancients themselves perceived, experienced, and thought about the buildings around them.