01633nam a2200205Ia 4500 20260911113801.0 251231s9999||||xx |||||||||||||| ||und|| 905589303X 23 720.288 DEN W. F. Denslagen Memories of architecture : Architectural Heritage and Historiography in the Distant Past / W. F. Denslagen Amsterdam, Netherlands : Het Spinhuis , 2009 194p. ; 22 cm. In the world of conservation it is widely believed that the concern with historical architecture, in Europe at least, emerged during the nineteenth century, even if there had been some earlier initiatives in the Renaissance. This book draws on a number of sources to show that this concern may actually be as old as European civilization itself. The same is also true of the destruction of architecture. But the destruction of historical architecture can produce traumatic experiences, which survive in the collective memory of people. One can demolish a building, but not its memory. But how was this memory passed on in the distant past? Nearly everything we know about the past is based on the research of nineteenth- century historians. Looking beyondthat age to a more distant past, one finds a totally different world of learning. Veneration for the great architectural legacy of the past is found in the oldest European historiography. Christian emperors made laws to protect Roman temple architecture. Arts European historiography Roman temple architecture. W. F. Denslagen RBK 66894 66894 0 0 ddc 0 1 SNUL SNUL 2025-12-19 0.00 0 720.288 DEN G6740 2025-12-31 11:53:35 2025-12-19 RBK Prof. Romila Thapar's Collection