Reuse value : spolia and appropriation in art and architecture, from Constantine to Sherrie Levine / [editors], Richard Brilliant and Dale Kinney.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brilliant, Richard.

Kinney, Dale

ebrary, Inc.

Edith E. Clark Endowment Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture and history.

Building materials--Recycling.

Building materials.

Precious stones--Recycling.

Precious stones.

Appropriation (Art).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 268 pages) : illustrations

polychrome

Other Title:

Spolia and appropriation in art and architecture, from Constantine to Sherrie Levine

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey, UK, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2011.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The common building practice of re-using perfectly good pieces of marble and other fitted and often carved pieces of stone is the subject of this fascinating group of 12 essays by an international group of art and architectural historians. The volume opens with an essay by Arnold Esch (emeritus, Deutsches Historsches Institut, Rome), who was the first to draw attention to the use of spolia as a worthwhile topic of study. Other essay topics include the complex symbolism of reused Hindu temple carvings in the Qutb mosque in Delhi, by Finbarr Barry Flood (New York U.); the current clashes over the religious meaning of the same mosque, by Mrinalini Rajagopalan (U. of Pittsburgh); the reuse of classical gems in the Middle Ages, by Dale Kinney (emeritus, Bryn Mawr College); appropriation as an art form in postmodernism, by Donald Kuspit (emeritus, Stony Brook U.); and a refreshingly frank essay by Michael Greenhalgh (emeritus, Australian National U., Canberra) on the glib tendency of art historians to ascribe meaning to the use of spolia absent supporting evidence. The volume is well-illustrated with b&w plates. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction / Dale Kinney

On the reuse of antiquity : the perspectives of the archaeologist and of the historian / Arnold Esch

Reading spolia in late antiquity and contemporary perception / Paolo Liverani

The use of older elements in the architecture of fourth-and fifth-century Rome : a contribution to the evaluation of spolia / Hugo Brandenburg

Spolia : a definition in ruins / Michael Greenhalgh

Ancient gems in the Middle Ages : riches and ready-mades / Dale Kinney

Appropriation as inscription : making history in the first Friday Mosque of Delhi Finbarr / Barry Flood

Renaissance spolia and Renaissance antiquity (one neighborhood, three cases) / Michael Koortbojian

Authenticity and alienation / Richard Brilliant

The building's body : spolia as supplement, substitution, destruction / Annabel J. Wharton

A medieval monument and its modern myths of iconoclasm : the enduring contestations over the Qutb Complex in Delhi / Mrinalini Rajagopalan

Spolia in contemporary architecture : searching for ornament and place / Hans-Rudolf Meier

Some thoughts about the significance of postmodern appropriation art / Donald Kuspit

Epilogue / Richard Brilliant.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edith E. Clark Endowment Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Reuse value.

ISBN:

9781409435181

1409435180

Publisher Number:

99961345725

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Restricted for use by site license.