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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Goffi, Federica
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington : Ashgate, [2013]
Subjects:	Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano > History. Architectural design > Italy > History. Architecture > Conservation and restoration > Italy > History. Alfarano, Tiberio, > 1525-1596 > Criticism and interpretation. Maderno, Carlo, > 1556-1629 > Criticism and interpretation. Vatican City > Buildings, structures, etc.

Table of 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.