The Ruin of the Eternal City

The Ruin of the Eternal City PDF Author: David Karmon
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199766894
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 334

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Book Description
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.