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St. Paul's outside the walls : a Roman basilica, from antiquity to the modern era
- Title
- St. Paul's outside the walls : a Roman basilica, from antiquity to the modern era / Nicola Camerlenghi, Dartmouth College.
- Author
- Camerlenghi, Nicola Maria, 1975-
- Publication
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
- ©2018
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Details
- Description
- xxv, 374 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 29 cm
- Summary
- This volume examines one of Rome's most influential churches: the principal basilica dedicated to St Paul. Nicola Camerlenghi traces nearly two thousand years of physical transformations to the church, from before its construction in the fourth century, to its reconstruction following a fire in 1823. By recounting this long history, he restores the building to its rightful place as a central, active participant in epochal political and religious shifts in Rome and across Christendom, as well as a protagonist in western art and architectural history. Camerlenghi also examines how buildings in general trigger memories and anchor meaning, and how and why buildings endure, evolve and remain relevant in cultural contexts far removed from the moment of their inception. At its core, Saint Paul exemplifies the concept of building as process, not product: a process deeply interlinked with religion, institutions, history, cultural memory and the arts. This study also includes state-of-the-art digital reconstructions synthesizing a wealth of historical evidence to visualize and analyze the earlier (now lost) stages of the building's history, offering glimpses into heretofore unexamined parts of its long, rich life.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Outgrowth of the author's thesis (Ph. D.--Princeton University) under the title: The life of the Basilica of San Paolo Fuori Le Mura in Rome.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 342-365) and index.
- Contents
- Paul's Place in Rome : Tomb, Trophy, and the Basilica of the Constantinian Dynasty (ca. 67-386) -- The Basilica of the Theodosian Dynasty (386-410) -- The Early Transformations (410-700) -- A Fortress of Faith during the Heart of the Middle Ages (700-1050) -- The Advent, Apogee and End of St. Paul's Golden Age (1050-1423) -- Rebirth and Modernization (1423-1655) -- Restoring and Reconstructing St. Paul's during the Long Eighteenth Century (1655-1823)
- Call Number
- JFF 19-1945
- ISBN
- 9781108429511
- 1108429513
- 9781108454391
- 1108454399
- LCCN
- 2018006535
- 15469692
- OCLC
- 1023822013
- Author
- Camerlenghi, Nicola Maria, 1975- author.
- Title
- St. Paul's outside the walls : a Roman basilica, from antiquity to the modern era / Nicola Camerlenghi, Dartmouth College.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 342-365) and index.
- Other Form:
- ebook version : 9781108646987
- Other Standard Identifier
- 15469692
- Research Call Number
- JFF 19-1945