Emotions and Architecture

ISBN-13: 9781032412467 / Twarda / 2023 / 224 str.

Opis

Emotions and Architecture explores architecture as a medium to arouse or conceal emotions, to build consensus through shared values, or to reconnect the urban community to its alleged ancestry.

Spis treści

Lists of figures

List of contributors

Preface

Francesca Lembo Fazio 

Valentina Tomassetti

1. Fragments, spolia and remains. Emotional antiquities in Rome between the Early Modern and Renaissance era

Francesca Lembo Fazio

2. Spaces of Virtue. Transcultural Affection and its Representation in Ottoman-Venetian Relations

Luc Wodzicki

3. The Geopolitics of Simulacra and the Seventeenth-Century Venetian Holy House of Loreto

Liv Deborah Walberg

4. Mythmaking, Fidelity, and Urbanism in Early Modern Messina and Palermo

Tamara Morgenstern

5. Architecture and Emotions in Early Modern Quarantine Centres

Marina Inì

6. The rebuilding of L’Aquila after the 1703 quake: death and rebirth

Rossana Mancini

7. Identity Perception in Monuments, Ruins and Remains: Roman and Romano-British Heritage in British Travel Accounts c.1770-1820

Barbara Tetti

Index

O autorze

Francesca Lembo Fazio is a Research Fellow in the Department of History, Representation and Restoration of Architecture, in Sapienza University of Rome. Her research activity focuses on the perception of ruins and spolia, traditional building techniques, and issues of built heritage and climate change. Her main works and publications are on the protection and reuse practices on ancient ruins in Early Modern Rome and on the restoration of modern architecture, from fascism to post-war reconstruction.

 

Valentina Tomassetti is currently a PhD student in the History Department at the University of Warwick. Valentina’s research explores the gendered dimensions of female shame, from Renaissance to modern time. Valentina has extensive experience in teaching and has served as Senior Graduate Teaching Assistant between 2018 and 2021. As a proud first-generation graduate, Valentina is passionate about inclusivity and diversity in education. As well as completing her research and collaborating with different charities, Valentina is currently employed as Education and Engagement Officer at UK Parliament.