TY - BOOK AU - Karmon,David E. TI - The ruin of the Eternal City: antiquity and preservation in Renaissance Rome SN - 0199896747 AV - DG63.5 .K37 2011 U1 - 363.69094563209024 23 PY - 2011/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Renaissance KW - Italy KW - Rome KW - Historic preservation KW - History KW - To 1500 KW - 16th century KW - Historic buildings KW - Conservation and restoration KW - Italie KW - Préservation historique KW - Histoire KW - 16e siècle KW - Monuments historiques KW - Conservation et restauration KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS KW - Infrastructure KW - bisacsh KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - General KW - Antiquities KW - fast KW - Collection and preservation KW - Buildings KW - Arkitektur KW - Italien KW - Rom KW - renässansen KW - sao KW - bevarande och restaurering KW - Rome (Italy) KW - Buildings, structures, etc KW - Rome (Italie) KW - Antiquités KW - Collections et conservation KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-306) and index; Preservation practices in ancient and medieval Rome -- Inventing a preservation program in fifteenth-century Rome -- A sixteenth-century meteor in the Roman Forum -- The Colosseum -- The Pantheon -- The Ponte Santa Maria -- Conclusion: Rethinking preservation practices in Renaissance Rome -- Appendix of archival documents N2 - The Ruin of the Eternal City provides the first systematic analysis of the preservation practices of the popes, civic magistrates, and ordinary citizens of Renaissance Rome. This study offers a new understanding of historic preservation as it occurred during the extraordinary rebuilding of a great European capital city UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1069325 ER -