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- catalog abstract "This book is an account of an almost completely neglected archaeological epic, the uncovering and restoration of all the classical monuments of Rome during the French occupation (1809-14). This was the first large-scale archaeological programme in the city. Based on archives in Rome and Paris, the archaeology of these five years is placed against its essential background: the fate of the monuments since antiquity and the contemporary Napoleonic political and cultural history. Mr Ridley describes the enormously complicated organisation which carried out the work and identifies the leading administrators, archaeologists and architects. The bulk of the work is a detailed account of the excavation and restoration work on the Forum Romanum, the Colosseum and the Forum of Trajan, the main classical monuments. There are numerous illustrations of the monuments both before and after the French intervention, as well as unpublished plans from the archives. There is an extensive specialist index. The book is intended for anyone interested in archaeology, in Napoleonic Europe and above all, in Rome.".
- catalog contributor b3378376.
- catalog coverage "Rome (Italy) Antiquities Conservation and restoration History 19th century.".
- catalog created "1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-320) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- 1. The protection and destruction of classical Rome before 1809 -- 2. Commissions, commissions, commissions: the administration of antiquities under the French -- 3. Arches, fora, theatres and temples: the monuments cleared and restored by the French -- 4. The great Collosseum debate -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.".
- catalog description "This book is an account of an almost completely neglected archaeological epic, the uncovering and restoration of all the classical monuments of Rome during the French occupation (1809-14). This was the first large-scale archaeological programme in the city. Based on archives in Rome and Paris, the archaeology of these five years is placed against its essential background: the fate of the monuments since antiquity and the contemporary Napoleonic political and cultural history. Mr Ridley describes the enormously complicated organisation which carried out the work and identifies the leading administrators, archaeologists and architects. The bulk of the work is a detailed account of the excavation and restoration work on the Forum Romanum, the Colosseum and the Forum of Trajan, the main classical monuments. There are numerous illustrations of the monuments both before and after the French intervention, as well as unpublished plans from the archives. There is an extensive specialist index. The book is intended for anyone interested in archaeology, in Napoleonic Europe and above all, in Rome.".
- catalog extent "xxviii, 328 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Eagle and the spade.".
- catalog identifier "0521401917".
- catalog isFormatOf "Eagle and the spade.".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog relation "Eagle and the spade.".
- catalog spatial "Italy Rome".
- catalog spatial "Rome (Italy) Antiquities Conservation and restoration History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "937/.6 20".
- catalog subject "DG63 .R54 1992".
- catalog subject "Excavations (Archaeology) Italy Rome History 19th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- 1. The protection and destruction of classical Rome before 1809 -- 2. Commissions, commissions, commissions: the administration of antiquities under the French -- 3. Arches, fora, theatres and temples: the monuments cleared and restored by the French -- 4. The great Collosseum debate -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.".
- catalog title "The eagle and the spade : archaeology in Rome during the Napoleonic Era, 1809-1814 / Ronald T. Ridley.".
- catalog type "text".