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Time matter(s) : invention and re-imagination in built conservation : the unfinished drawing and building of St. Peter's, the Vatican / Federica Goffi, Carleton University, Canada.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Farnham : Ashgate, 2013.Description: xix, 255 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781409443018
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 726.509456/34 23
LOC classification:
  • NA5620.S9 GOF 2013
Contents:
Prologue. Notes on the ontology of remaking mnemic buildings -- Day 1. Introduction to a micro-historical study of the renovation of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican (1506-1626) -- Day 2. Architecture's twinned body: building and drawing -- Day 3. 'Hallowed configuration': the mediating role of architectural representation in built conservation -- Day 4. Stratigraphic drawings and the drawings of members: assembling the exquisite corpse -- Day 5. Restoring the corporate body: heteroglossia versus unity of style -- Day 6. Framing the icon: skin-deep conservation versus the imagination of built conservation -- Day 7. Time matter(s): the sempiternal nature of built conservation -- Conclusion: the role of ambiguity and the unfinished in defining built conservation.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue. Notes on the ontology of remaking mnemic buildings -- Day 1. Introduction to a micro-historical study of the renovation of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican (1506-1626) -- Day 2. Architecture's twinned body: building and drawing -- Day 3. 'Hallowed configuration': the mediating role of architectural representation in built conservation -- Day 4. Stratigraphic drawings and the drawings of members: assembling the exquisite corpse -- Day 5. Restoring the corporate body: heteroglossia versus unity of style -- Day 6. Framing the icon: skin-deep conservation versus the imagination of built conservation -- Day 7. Time matter(s): the sempiternal nature of built conservation -- Conclusion: the role of ambiguity and the unfinished in defining built conservation.

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