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Architectural Heritage Revisited

A Holistic Engagement of its Tangible and Intangible Constituents

Architectural Heritage Revisited

A Holistic Engagement of its Tangible and Intangible Constituents

ByIlan Vit-Suzan
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2014
eBook Published 15 April 2016
Pub. location London
Imprint Routledge
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4324/9781315567617
Pages 204 pages
eBook ISBN 9781315567617
SubjectsBuilt Environment, Humanities
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Vit-Suzan, I. (2014). Architectural Heritage Revisited. London: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315567617

By improving our understanding of how the tangible and intangible dimensions of heritage are correlated, we could develop a relationship with heritage that goes beyond the mere act of conservation. This book argues that we need to recognize the historic monument as a tangible aspect of a holistic expression of culture that is rooted in specific spatio-temporal conditions. However, since the latter are constantly changing, it is vital to identify an implicit contradiction with the goals of conservation. As the intangible dimensions are more dynamic, driven by the transmission, reception, and advancement of knowledge, the reliance of the prevailing treatment of heritage today, conservation, ossifies this relationship. By examining three major heritage monuments - the Pantheon, Teotihuacan's Sun Pyramid and Alhambra - the book shows how these sites are the product of multiple strategies and unforeseen agents, accumulated through history. It emphasizes how these historical trends need to be better understood in order to attain a more 'organic' relationship with heritage and offers some recommendations that should be analyzed in participative processes of deliberation: the Pantheon's continuity could be extended; the Pyramid's loss, accepted; and Alhambra's exclusion, reversed. In this way, the book invites people to engage heritage from a historical understanding that is open to critical reassessment, dialogue, and cooperation.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|12 pages
Introduction
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chapter 2|32 pages
Pantheon: Inventory of Denotation
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chapter 3|20 pages
Pantheon: Inventory of Connotation
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chapter 4|30 pages
Sun Pyramid: Inventory of Denotation
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chapter 5|20 pages
Sun Pyramid: Inventory of Connotation
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chapter 6|28 pages
Alhambra: Inventory of Denotation
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chapter 7|24 pages
Alhambra: Inventory of Connotation
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chapter 8|14 pages
Conclusion
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