Time matter(s) : invention and re-imagination in built conservation : the unfinished drawing and building of St. Peter's, the Vatican / Federica Goffi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goffi, Federica, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alfarano, Tiberio, 1525-1596--Criticism and interpretation.

Alfarano, Tiberio.

Maderno, Carlo, 1556-1629--Criticism and interpretation.

Maderno, Carlo.

Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano--History.

Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano.

Architectural design--Italy--History.

Architectural design.

Architecture--Conservation and restoration--Italy--History.

Architecture.

Vatican City--Buildings, structures, etc.

Vatican City.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (286 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book fills in a blind spot in current architectural theory and practice, looking into a notion of conservation as a form of invention and imagination, offering the reader a counter-viewpoint to a predominant western understanding that preservation should be a 'still shot' from the past. Through a micro-historical study of a Renaissance concept of restoration, this book provides a theoretical framework to question the issue of conservation as a possible creative endeavour, when a mnemic building is concerned, entailing conservation of memory within changes. It focuses on Tiberio Alfarano's

Contents:

Prologue. Notes on the ontology of remaking mnemic buildings

Day 1. Introduction to a micro-historical study of the renovation of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican (1506-1626)

Day 2. Architecture's twinned body: building and drawing

Day 3. 'Hallowed configuration'. The mediating role of architectural representation in built conservation

Day 4. Stratigraphic drawings and the drawings of members. Assembling the exquisite corpse

Day 5. Restoring the corporate body. Heteroglossia versus unity of style

Day 6. Framing the icon. Skin-deep conservation versus the imagination of built conservation

Day 7. Time matter(s). The sempiternal nature of built conservation

Conclusion. The role of ambiguity and the unfinished in defining built conservation.

Notes:

First published 2013 by Ashgate Publishing.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4724-0123-9

1-317-01020-5

1-317-01021-3

1-315-55096-2

1-4094-4302-7

9781315550961

OCLC:

958550597