Readership: Students and scholars of Renaissance Rome, Ancient Rome, Archaeology, and Classical Culture.
David Karmon, Assistant Professor of Art History, College of the Holy Cross
"... attractive and well-illustrated ..." - T. Corey Brennan, Times Literary Supplement
Introduction New approaches to preservation problems Note on terminology Acknowledgments PART I Chapter 1: Preservation Practices in Ancient and Medieval Rome Chapter 2: Inventing a Preservation Program in Fifteenth-Century Rome Chapter 3: A Sixteenth-Century Meteor in the Roman Forum PART II Chapter 4: The Colosseum Chapter 5: The Pantheon Chapter 6: The Ponte Santa Maria Conclusion: rethinking preservation practices in Renaissance Rome Appendix of archival documents Sources and works cited
