The Spolia Churches of Rome: Recycling Antiquity in the Middle Ages (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9788771242102)

A particularly robust approach to Rome's antique past was taken in the Middle Ages, spanning from the Late Antiquity in the fourth century, until roughly the thirteenth century AD. The Spolia Churches of Rome looks at how the church-builders treated the architecture of ancient Rome like a quarry full of prefabricated material and examines the cultural, economic and political structure of the church and how this influenced the building's design. It is this trend of putting old buildings to new uses which presents an array of different forms of architecture and design within modern day Rome. This book is both an introduction to the spolia churches of medieval Rome, and a guide to eleven selected churches.

Author: Maria Fabricius Hansen
ISBN-10: 8771242104
ISBN-13: 9788771242102
Publisher: Aarhus University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/30/2015
Pages: 255
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.60h x 4.90w x 0.70d