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antiquity: thrifty and expedient
…One wonders in looking at the the desolation of the Roman Forum or the Athenian Agora, of all the architectural splendor which once adorned these centres, why there is so little to see. Why have so many buildings vanished entirely … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Antiquities of Athens Stuart and Revett, Giambattista Piranesi, Giovanni Arberino sarcophagus, James Stuart and Nicholas Revett, John of Velletri bishop, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Mary Beard, Piranesi etchings, Piranesi Rome, Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Willem van Neulandt, Willem van Nieulandt
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re-cycle the past
In earlier times pagan temples were converted into Christian churches, mausoleums made to serve as fortresses, sarcophagi put to use as bathtubs: by such thrifty and practical expedients untold treasures from classical antiquity have been preserved from ruin and destruction… … Continue reading
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