RENAISSANCES BOUNDARIES AND MONUMENTS OF THESSALONIKI
Maria Sarantidou
?he Renaissance of 19th-century historiography and every period intense artistic intellectual activity called renaissance is characterized by the exploration cultural heritage that it inherits its appropriation, conquest, revival through this exploration. We are referring to Carolingian renaissance, Ottoman, 12th century one, Italian with chronological subdivisions influences. Corresponding renaissances also recognized in Byzantine territory. The Macedonian, Komnenian Palaiologan until Byzantium transitions Ottoman occupation, during Quattrocento culminated. difficulty periodization argued be an element historical continuum. Also, repeatability characterization periods as supports evolutionary continuity between antiquity modern times, ancient knowledge was never wholly absent from West or society. After all, one way another, historians today agree division always made up. In article, we focus on impact so-called monuments, urban planning fortification Thessaloniki. approach defining elements constitute a architecture whether phenomenon concerns changes social political issues, what characteristics, only architectural practices. purpose understand perception characteristics objective confined artificial periodization. explore why acquires attempting appropriate glorious past consequently authoritarian power. examine when purifying policies name superiority represents. way, concept which definition opening up all fields, tends construct new borders, geographical, political, cultural.
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