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Spolia Use

Spolia Use is the architectural practice of incorporating salvaged building elements from earlier structures into new constructions, distinguished by its deliberate reuse of monumental fragments to convey political, religious, or cultural continuity within Byzantine architecture.

21

Publications

896

Citations

18

Authors

9

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Variants

Spolia

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Publications

21

Reuse value: spolia and appropriation in art and architecture from Constantine to Sherrie Levine

Choice Reviews Online · 2012 · 182 citations · Full text

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From the culture of "spolia" to the cult of relics: the Arch of Constantine and the genesis of late antique forms

Jaś Elsner · 2000 · 103 citations

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The use of ancient spolia in Byzantine monuments: The archaeological and literary evidence

Helen Saradi · International Journal of the Classical Tradition · 1997 · 96 citations

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Dirty Linen, Fabrication, and the Authorities of Livy and Augustus

Dylan Sailor · Transactions of the American Philological Association (1974-) · 2006 · 80 citations

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Image against Nature

Finbarr Barry Flood · The Medieval History Journal · 2006 · 70 citations

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Authors

18

  1. DK
    Dale Kinney

    Bryn Mawr College, United States

    2 publications · 39 citations

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  2. RP
    Richard Piran McClary

    Edinburgh College, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 13 citations

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  3. BK
    Bente Kiilerich

    Pre-Seed Innovation (Denmark), Denmark

    1 publications · 39 citations

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  4. KS
    Kelly Shannon

    KU Leuven, Belgium

    1 publications · 26 citations

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  5. JE
    Jaś Elsner

    Corpus Christi College

    1 publications · 103 citations

    1

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Institutions

9

  1. Edinburgh College

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  2. Victoria and Albert Museum

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

  3. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

    Athens, Greece

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  4. Freie Universität Berlin

    Berlin, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  5. New York University

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    70 citations

  6. Tampere University

    Tampere, Finland

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    46 citations

  7. University of Guelph

    Guelph, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    96 citations

  8. Texas Tech University

    Lubbock, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

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Venues

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  2. Dumbarton Oaks Papers

    1 publications · 69 citations

    1

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  3. Histos

    1 publications · 26 citations

    1

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  4. The Medieval History Journal

    1 publications · 70 citations

    1

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  5. International Journal of the Classical Tradition

    IJCT · 1 publications · 96 citations

    1

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