Michael Greenhalgh, Constantinople to Córdoba. Dismantling Ancient Architecture in the East, North Africa and Islamic Spain

M. Greenhalgh has again written an interesting book about the reception and final fate of the ancient architecture during the Middle Ages. It puts an end to a series of valuable and useful books (The Survival of Roman Antiquities, 1989 ; Islam and Marble, 2005 ; Marble Past, Monumental Present, 200...

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Autor principal: Ocón, Jorge Elices
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Idioma:eng
Publicat: Anabases 2015
Accés en línia:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Sumari:M. Greenhalgh has again written an interesting book about the reception and final fate of the ancient architecture during the Middle Ages. It puts an end to a series of valuable and useful books (The Survival of Roman Antiquities, 1989 ; Islam and Marble, 2005 ; Marble Past, Monumental Present, 2009) in which he had explored the role of antiquities and ancient marble in the Mediterranean, comparing and contrasting how ancient buildings and its material (marble in particular) were dismantled,...