The Eloquence of Appropriation

Prolegomena to Understanding of Spolia in Early Christian Rome

by Maria Hansen Fabricius

Book cover: The Eloquence of Appropriation

Extent: 368 pages

Publisher: L’ERMA di Bretschneider

Subjects: Medieval Studies

Series: Analecta Romana Instituti Danici. Supplementa. (L'Erma)

Series volume number: 33

Language: English

(Paperback) (Out of print)

(December 2003)

ISBN: 9788882652371

Price: $114.00

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Preface
I. Introduction: I.1 Prelude "To Imitate the Bees"
I.2 Towards an Interpretation of Spolia: Delimitations and Methods
I.3 Reuse The Development of a New Architectural Practice
II. Translatio of Materials: II.1 Fragments and Fragmentation. The Disposition of Spolia in Church Buildings
II.2 Translations and Transferences: Christian Versions of Roman Architecture
II.3 The Aesthetics of Appropriation Eclecticism, Variety, and Antithetical Harmonies
III. Translatio of Meanings: III.1 Breaking Down the Past Rejections of Rationality
III.2 "Seeing the invisible" Towards a New Metaphorical Architecture
III.3 To "Strip Error Bare" The Rhetoric of Transformation
IV. Translatio of Time: IV.1 "Novelty in the Old and Age in the New". The Rhetoric of Renovation
IV.2 Recollecting the Past Spolia and Historical Consciousness
IV.3 Inventing the Past: Spolia and the Ideology of Classicism
Bibliography
List of Illustrations
Photo Credits
Index."L'ERMA" di BRETSCHNEIDER

  • By (author) Maria Hansen Fabricius