A City of Marble: Urban Readings Through the Lens of a Material

Charlotte Bundgaard

A City of Marble: Urban Readings Through the Lens of a Material

Charlotte Bundgaard

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Abstract

“I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble”. This statement attributed to Emperor Augustus by Roman historian Cassius Dio (56.30.3) is one of the most significant and powerful sentences about the importance of a single material for constructing a city.

Marble is a significant thread through architectural tradition, with a strong impact on Italian building culture. Beyond properties as a building material, marble carries rich associative meanings, strong expressions of ideology, and evocative aesthetic qualities. Marble is both everyday local material and extraordinary refined expression, transcending borders between architecture and sculpture. Marble is like veins running through the tissue of the city.

Three readings based on texts by Pliny, Alberti, and Moretti, investigate the role and impact of marble in constructing and perceiving cityscapes.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Titel	Arquitectura y Paisaje : Transferencias historicas retos contemporáneos
Redaktører	David Arredondo Garrida, Juan Manuel Barrios Rozúa, Emilio Cachorro Fernández, Juan Antonio Calatrava Escobar, Ana del Cid Mendoza, Francisco A. Garcia Pérez, Agustin Gor Gómez, Bernardino Lindez Vilchez, Juan Carlos Reina Fernández, Marta Rodriguez Iturriaga, Maria Zurita Elizalde
Antal sider	12
Vol/bind	1
Udgivelsessted	Madrid
Forlag	Abada Editores
Publikationsdato	2022
Sider	141-152
ISBN (Trykt)	978-84-19008-07-7
Status	Udgivet - 2022
Begivenhed	Congreso Internacional Cultura y Ciudad: Arquitectura y paisaje: transferencias históricas, retos contemporáneos - Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura, Granada, Spanien Varighed: 27 jan. 2021 → 29 jan. 2021 Konferencens nummer: III

Konference

Konference	Congreso Internacional Cultura y Ciudad
Nummer	III
Lokation	Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura
Land/Område	Spanien
By	Granada
Periode	27/01/2021 → 29/01/2021

Emneord

Marmor, Plinius, Alberti, spolier, fascistisk arkitektur, Luigi Moretti, Carlo Scarpa

Kunstnerisk udviklingsvirksomhed (KUV)

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Citationsformater

Bundgaard, C. (2022). A City of Marble: Urban Readings Through the Lens of a Material. I D. A. Garrida, J. M. B. Rozúa, E. C. Fernández, J. A. C. Escobar, A. D. C. Mendoza, F. A. G. Pérez, A. G. Gómez, B. L. Vilchez, J. C. R. Fernández, M. R. Iturriaga, & M. Z. Elizalde (red.), Arquitectura y Paisaje: Transferencias historicas retos contemporáneos (Bind 1, s. 141-152). Abada Editores.

Bundgaard, Charlotte. / A City of Marble : Urban Readings Through the Lens of a Material. Arquitectura y Paisaje: Transferencias historicas retos contemporáneos. red. / David Arredondo Garrida ; Juan Manuel Barrios Rozúa ; Emilio Cachorro Fernández ; Juan Antonio Calatrava Escobar ; Ana del Cid Mendoza ; Francisco A. Garcia Pérez ; Agustin Gor Gómez ; Bernardino Lindez Vilchez ; Juan Carlos Reina Fernández ; Marta Rodriguez Iturriaga ; Maria Zurita Elizalde. Bind 1 Madrid : Abada Editores, 2022. s. 141-152

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Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Konferencebidrag i proceedings › Forskning › peer review

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