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- Title
Restauratio and Reuse: The Afterlife of Roman Ruins.
- Authors
Jacks, Philip
- Abstract
The article discusses the history of recycling of ruins in the pagan and Christian cities of ancient Rome. In ancient Roman times, scavenging became a business for some, which was evident in the restoration of the Temple of Castor and Pollux, and the Porticus Octaviae, both of which were constructed from stolen building debris from other destroyed locations. When Christianity became Rome's state religion, popes sought to resanctify pagan locations, and the Pantheon became one of the first Roman temples to be converted. In 1519, Raphael and Baldassare Castiglione showed the stylistic changes that occurred in the history of Roman Architecture. The literal and figurative context of the term"translatio"are presented.
- Subjects
ROME; ITALY; ROMAN architecture; ARCHITECTURAL restorers; ARCHAEOLOGICAL excavations; CHURCH history; TEMPLE of the Dioscuri in the Roman Forum (Rome, Italy); PANTHEON (Rome, Italy); ROMAN antiquities
- Publication
Places: Forum of Design for the Public Realm, 2008, Vol 20, Issue 1, p10
- ISSN
0731-0455
- Publication type
Article