The Afterlife of the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus

'From the Renaissance through the Victorian era, architects mused on the surviving ekphrastic descriptions of the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, producing imaginative reconstructions and original designs. The essays comprising this volume explore key moments in the rich afterlife of a major monument, illuminating its place in the history of western architecture.' John Pinto, Princeton University
'This collection of essays constitutes the first extensive exploration of the early modern afterlives of the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, a building that enjoyed great literary fame and was considered in Antiquity to be one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Covering a period in which the actual remains of the mausoleum were unknown, the book charts the building's extraordinarily varied reception, as manifested in images, texts and architectural projects. In doing so, it traces the rich imaginary that formed around a hallowed but physically absent structure, delivering, in the process, important insights about culture, memory and the workings of the architectural imagination.' Caspar Pearson, Director of Studies, Warburg Institute, University of London