We do not see a city only with our eyes. We also see a city through the way that others have looked at it, through the images and books they have left. The books preserve the memory of the city and pass on its forms. Each book represents a point of view but some inaugurate a vision that remains in time. The book of Robert Adam,"Ruins of the Palace of The Emperor Diocletian" (London, 1764), has this inaugural character. It fits in with archaeological publications dedicated to the Grand Tour but is distinguished by its greater effort in the interpretation of the building. This paper focuses on the key role of the drawings in ensuring additional importance for Adam???s book as well as on their singularities in neoclassical research.
Adam's point of view
LORENZI, ANGELO
2014-01-01
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We do not see a city only with our eyes. We also see a city through the way that others have looked at it, through the images and books they have left. The books preserve the memory of the city and pass on its forms. Each book represents a point of view but some inaugurate a vision that remains in time. The book of Robert Adam,"Ruins of the Palace of The Emperor Diocletian" (London, 1764), has this inaugural character. It fits in with archaeological publications dedicated to the Grand Tour but is distinguished by its greater effort in the interpretation of the building. This paper focuses on the key role of the drawings in ensuring additional importance for Adam???s book as well as on their singularities in neoclassical research.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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