The Eloquence of Appropriation: Prolegomena to Understanding of Spolia in Early Christian Rome. Analecta Romana Instituti Danici. Supplementum, 33.

Lediglich der Buchr�cken ist lichtbedingt leicht ausgeblichen, leichte Knicke im Buchr�cken und Einband sehr leicht berieben, innen sehr gut und sauber, frei von Anstreichungen / Only the spine is lightly faded due to light, slight creases in spine and binding very lightly rubbed, inside very good and clean without markings. - CONTENTS Preface I. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Prelude: �To Imitate the Bees� 1,2 Towards an Interpretation of Spolia: Delimitations and Methods Sources on architecture Rhetoric and the interpretation of spolia 1.3 Reuse: The Development of a New Architectural Practice . Descriptions: Fourth to ninth centuries Descriptions: Pagan buildings Descriptions: Towards the high Middle Ages Legislation History and politics The quality of heterogeneity II. TRANSLATIO OF MATERIALS II. 1 Fragments and Fragmentation: The Disposition of Spolia in Church Buildings Hierarchies and selections The pairing of the elements Liturgical arrangements 11.2 Translations and Transferences: Christian Versions of Roman Architecture The Christian basilica Translating places and powers The power of relics Long-distance translations II.3 The Aesthetics of Appropriation: Eclecticism, Variety, and Antithetical Harmonies Literary spolia Strategies of heterogeneity and antithesis : III. TRANSLATIO OF MEANINGS III.l Breaking down the Past: Rejections of Rationality The breakdown of coherence and order Rejecting pagan learning III.2 �Seeing the Invisible�: Towards a New Metaphorical Architecture Metaphorical architecture Metaphorical materials Symbolism of numbers Hidden meanings �Helpful and Healthy Obscurity � Obstruction and obscurity in architecture East versus West III.3 To �Strip Error Bare�: The Rhetoric of Transformation Christian triumph and the rhetoric of praise and blame The rhetoric of Eusebius Aggressions and appropriations IV. TRANSLATE) OF TIME IV 1 �Novelty in the Old and Age in the New�: The Rhetoric of Renovation Old and new To convert to Christian use The renovations of Paulinus of Nola IV .2 Recollecting the Past: Spolia and Historical Consciousness Appropriations of past culture The problems of forgetting Spolia and the art of remembering IV 3 INVENTING the Past: Spolia and the Ideology of Classicism . Imitation in early Christianity Krautheimer versus Deichmann Art historiography and the problem of classicism Spolia and anti-classical tendencies in post-medieval architecture The view of spolia in modern times Epilogue Bibliography List of Illustrations Photo Credits Index. ISBN 9788882652371