Constantinople to Cordoba : dismantling ancient architecture in the East, North Africa and Islamic Spain / by Michael Greenhalgh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greenhalgh, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture, Ancient--Mediterranean Region.

Architecture, Ancient.

Building materials--Recycling--Mediterranean Region.

Building materials.

Classical antiquities--Destruction and pillage--Mediterranean Region.

Classical antiquities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (572 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A survey of the various ways in which the extensive remains of ancient architecture were reused or destroyed in the crescent from Greece and Turkey through Syria, Palestine, North Africa to Islamic Spain. The book complements and echoes some of the themes in the author's \'Marble Past, Monumental Present\' (2009). Offering a large number of varied examples, it examines how the ancient landscape was transformed - towns, roads and ports, fountains and waterways, tombs, palaces, villas and inscriptions. It then addresses reuse in churches, mosques and other structures, dealing also with collectors and museum-builders. Also considered are the dismantling and transport of the often massive blocks, and the superstitions surrounding antiquities which contributed to their continuing renown or to their destruction.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

1. the Mediaeval Landscape: An overview

2. Greek and Roman towns

3. Roads and Ports

4. Fountains, Waterways and Irrigation

5. tombs

6. Palaces and Villas

7. Inscriptions

8. Quarries and Quarrying

9. temples, Churches and Mosques

10. Ancient Monuments: Superstition, Preservation, Degradation and Destruction

11. town and Fortress Walls, Projectiles, and Cannon

12. the Mechanics of Dismantling and transport

13. Collecting Antiquities

14. the French Invasion of Algeria and the Roman Past

15. Conclusion

bibiliography

Index of People

Index of Places

Index of Subjects

Illustrations.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-55096-2

9786613863416

90-04-22927-2

OCLC:

809775227

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004229273 DOI