This paper analyses the concept of the ruin, which has been transformed over time from the image of an ancient, former beauty, characterized by the romantic aesthetic of decadence and consumption, into a “bachelor machine”. The timeframe within which this transformation can be examined is the stage of architectural Postmodernism, which began before the 1980 Biennale, with the exhibition “Roma Interrotta” (Interrupted Rome). This event introduced new ways of understanding Rome’s ruins and the image of the city itself.
Sleeping Beauty. Aesthetics of Ruin, Corruption and Rome, in Hartoonian G. and Ting J. (eds.) QUOTATION: What does history have in store for architecture today? SAHANZ Publications, 2017
Lina Malfona
2017-01-01
Abstract
This paper analyses the concept of the ruin, which has been transformed over time from the image of an ancient, former beauty, characterized by the romantic aesthetic of decadence and consumption, into a “bachelor machine”. The timeframe within which this transformation can be examined is the stage of architectural Postmodernism, which began before the 1980 Biennale, with the exhibition “Roma Interrotta” (Interrupted Rome). This event introduced new ways of understanding Rome’s ruins and the image of the city itself.File in questo prodotto:
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