Architectural Heritage Revisited: A Holistic Engagement of Its Tangible and Intangible Constituents

204 Pages·2014·3.63 MB·English

by  Ilan Vit-suzan

ArchitecturAl heritAge revisited
This book grew out of Love from those who came before
and Hope for those still to come
Architectural heritage revisited
A holistic engagement of its tangible
and intangible constituents
ilan vit-suzan
Escuela Nacional de Conservación, Restauración
y Museografía ‘Manuel del Castillo Negrete,’
INAH-UNESCO, Mexico
© ilan vit-suzan 2014
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vit-suzan, ilan.
Architectural heritage revisited : a holistic engagement of its tangible and intangible
constituents / by ilan vit-suzan.
pages cm
includes bibliographical references and index.
isBN 978-1-4724-2062-6 (hardback) – isBN 978-1-4724-2063-3 (ebook) – isBN 978-1-
4724-2064-0 (epub) 1. historic buildings–conservation and restoration–case studies.
2. cultural property–Protection–social aspects–case studies. i. title.
NA105.v58 2014
363.6'9–dc23
2013033624
isBN 9781472420626 (hbk)
isBN 9781472420633 (ebk – PdF)
isBN 9781472420640 (ebk – ePuB)
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Contents
List of Illustrations vii
List of Abbreviations ix
Preface xi
1 Introduction 1
2 Pantheon: Inventory of Denotation 13
Manifestations of Continuity 16
Homage to the Gens Iulia 16
A Temple to All the Gods 18
Sancta Maria ad Martyres 22
A New Iconography 24
A Vision of Perfection 26
Bernini’s Restoration 29
The Attic’s Alteration 33
The Monument’s Isolation 35
Modern Conservation 37
3 Pantheon: Inventory of Connotation 45
A Private Shrine 47
An Imperial Temple 51
A Catholic Church 55
4 Sun Pyramid: Inventory of Denotation 65
Manifestations of Loss 67
A Mesoamerican Sanctuary 69
A Burnt Relic 79
A Mythic Realm 80
vi ARCHITeCTuRAL HeRITAGe ReVISITed
A dormant Mountain 84
A Modern Ruin 87
A Resurgent Shrine 89
5 Sun Pyramid: Inventory of Connotation 95
The dictator’s Pyramid 97
The State’s Pyramid 101
The People’s Pyramid 106
6 Alhambra: Inventory of Denotation 115
Manifestations of exclusion 117
A Rebel’s Stronghold 119
A Minister’s Residence 120
A Sultan’s Palace 122
A Queen’s Refuge 128
An emperor’s Illusion 130
A Soldier’s Garrison 132
An Architect’s Masterpiece 133
7 Alhambra: Inventory of Connotation 143
Gabirolian Kabbalism and Almohad Rationalism 145
A Sparkle of Multicultural Inclusivity 149
A Final Solution: Inquisitorial Intolerance 160
8 Conclusion 167
Bibliography 181
Index 185
List of Illustrations
2 Pantheon: Inventory 4 Sun Pyramid: Inventory
of Denotation of Denotation
2.1 Pantheon, plan and section 4.1 Teotihuacan, site plan (image based
on a modern map)
2.2 Pantheon, view of the interior
4.2 Cave beneath the Sun Pyramid, plan
2.3 Pantheon, front view, hypothetical and axonometric view
reconstruction (ar. mid-110s)
4.3 Sun Pyramid, plan of the entire
precinct, hypothetic reconstruction
2.4 Pantheon, front view, hypothetical
reconstruction (ar. late 180s)
4.4 Sun Pyramid, front view, hypothetic
reconstruction (ar. 400s)
2.5 Pantheon, front view, hypothetical
reconstruction (ar. mid-1200s)
4.5 Sun Pyramid, front view, present state
(2010)
2.6 Pantheon, front view, hypothetical
reconstruction (ar. early 1400s)
4.6 Illustration of Mural 3 (Zone 5–A,
Room 12) and Mural C–1 (Central Group,
2.7 Pantheon, front view, hypothetical
Oxtotitlan, Guerrero)
reconstruction (ar. late 1600s)
4.7 Illustration of Mural 2 (Zone 5–A,
2.8 Pantheon, details of Bernini’s Portico 11) and Painting 1d (North Grotto,
restoration Oxtotitlan, Guerrero)
2.9 Pantheon, front view (2010) 4.8 Zone 5–A or ‘Sun Complex’, plan
2.10 Pantheon, interior, detail of Alberto 4.9 Detail of the so-called Tlalocan
Terenzio’s partial reconstruction of the (‘Tlaloc’s Paradise’) mural, Tepantitla
attic’s original decoration residential compound, Teotihuacan
viii ARChITeCTuRAl heRITAGe RevISITeD
4.10a and b Spring equinox Festival 6.5 Partal, current state of conservation
2005, entrance and plaza in front of the Sun (2010)
Pyramid
7 Alhambra: Inventory
6 Alhambra: Inventory of Connotation
of Denotation
7.1 Kumāriṣ Compound, view from the
6.1 Riyāḍ complex, plan courtyard
6.2 Alhambra, site plan displaying its 7.2a and b Yūsuf I’s throne room,
chronological edification threshold and detail of ornamentation
6.3 Details of inscriptions embedded in 7.3 Yūsuf I’s throne room, ceilings plan
ornamental vegetation, Kumāriṣ and Riyāḍ
complexes 7.4 Yūsuf I’s throne room, axonometric view
6.4 Partal, illustration of its ruinous state 7.5 Kumāriṣ Compound, detail of
before restoration (1920s) muqarnas-dome, lateral alcove (Ne)
List of Abbreviations
AJA American Journal of Archaeology
cide centro de investigación y docencia económicas
clAs center for latin American studies
cNrs centre National de la recherche scientifique
cOlMeX colegio de México
cuP cambridge university Press
dOthu dumbarton Oaks, trustees for harvard university
eFr ecole Française de rome
Fce Fondo de cultura económica
FsP Feathered serpent Pyramid
gci the getty conservation institute
iih instituto de investigaciones históricas, uNAM
iJct International Journal of the Classic Tradition
iNAh instituto Nacional de Antropología e historia
iuP indiana university Press
JsAh The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians
JWci Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes
l’ediB ‘l’erma’ di Bretschneider
MAPFre Mutua de Accidentes de Propietarios de Fincas rústicas de
españa (Fundación)
MiBAc Ministerio per i Beni e le Attività culturali
Mit the Mit Press
OuP Oxford university Press
PAP Princeton Architectural Press
PBsr Papers of the British School at Rome
Pri Partido revolucionario institucional
PuP Princeton university Press
seP secretaría de educación Pública
tAB The Art Bulletin