| Popis: |
The topic of a ‘world’ reception of classical architecture, which is the scope of this edited book, is both daunting and unavoidably charged. It brings into focus assumptions that many scholars have long taken for granted; notably, the one-sided (European) perspective of some scholarly studies concerning authority and difference. To start with, what is the prevalent understanding today of the classical tradition in architecture and its historical function? How has that tradition been redefined and replicated? Modes of reception imply giving, but is the giver also in one sense a receiver in this process? Did the Visigoths, Lombards or Franks, for example, simply receive the classical tradition, or did they destroy it, steal it and radically appropriate it? More generally, what forms of dissemination of classical principles were deployed in different parts of the world, and what distinguishing practices and features can be identified in each region? |
