The Ruin of the Eternal City

The Ruin of the Eternal City provides the first systematic analysis of the preservation practices of the popes, civic magistrates, and ordinary citizens of Renaissance Rome. This study offers a new understanding of historic preservation as it occurred during the extraordinary rebuilding of a great European capital city.

Zusammenfassung
The Ruin of the Eternal City provides the first systematic analysis of the preservation practices of the popes, civic magistrates, and ordinary citizens of Renaissance Rome. This study offers a new understanding of historic preservation as it occurred during the extraordinary rebuilding of a great European capital city.

Inhalt

Introduction; New approaches to preservation problems; Note on terminology; Acknowledgments; PART I; Chapter 1: Preservation Practices in Ancient and Medieval Rome; Chapter 2: Inventing a Preservation Program in Fifteenth-Century Rome; Chapter 3: A Sixteenth-Century Meteor in the Roman Forum; PART II; Chapter 4: The Colosseum; Chapter 5: The Pantheon; Chapter 6: The Ponte Santa Maria; Conclusion: rethinking preservation practices in Renaissance Rome; Appendix of archival documents; Sources and works cited