The afterlife of the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus : re-conceiving an ancient wonder in Early Modern Europe / edited by Desmond Bryan Kraege, Felix Martin

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kraege, Desmond-Bryan, editor.

Martin, Felix (Architectural historian), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mausoleum (Halicarnassus).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026

Summary:

"Few buildings have been as important to Western culture as the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus. One of the Seven Wonders of antiquity, it was destroyed during the Middle Ages, leading countless architects, antiquarians, painters and printmakers in Early Modern Europe to speculate upon its appearance. This book – the first on its subject – examines their works, from erudite publications to simple pen sketches, from elegant watercolours to complete buildings inspired by the monument. Spanning the period between the Italian Renaissance and the discovery and archaeological excavation of the Mausoleum's foundations in the 1850s, it covers the most important cultural contexts of Western Europe, without neglecting artworks from Peru, China and Japan. The monument's connexion with themes of widowhood and female political power are analysed, as are the manifold interactions between architecture, text and image in the afterlife of the Mausoleum"-- Cambridge Core

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed July 27, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version: Afterlife of the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus

ISBN:

9781009728577

1009728571

1009728601

9781009728607

OCLC:

1596676980

Publisher Number:

CIPO000401490

Access Restriction:

Some versions" Open access versions available from some providers open access