Rievocare l’Antico: nuove linee interpretative per l’«edificium thermarum» di Leon Battista Alberti

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Public baths in the world

Between tradition and contemporaneity

edited by

antoine dib

preface by

Olimpia Niglio

Contributions by

suzanne akkary, Kudret altun, müjgan Bekdaş, marco di salvo

Kevin alexander echeverry B., emanuela Ferretti, edmundo arturo

Figueroa Viruega, eleonora Fiorentino, hristina Krstić

rossella maspoli, Nuria matarredona desantes, mira minkara

ana momčilović petronijević, Giorgio peghin

minerva rodríguez Licea, andrea scalas, elena Vasić petrović

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“How do you complain and say that you are destitute while the earth, the sky and the stars are yours?

… and the water around you is scattered fluffy …”

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T

ABLE OF CONTENTS

13 P

REFACE

T

HE ANCIENT BATHS BETWEEN

O

RIENT AND

O

CCIDENT

Olimpia Niglio

21 I

NTRODUCTION

Antoine Dib

27 S

CENES OF LIFE FROM BATHHOUSES AROUND THE WORLD AS DESCRIBED BY

26

TRAVELLERS BETWEEN

921 CE

AND

1908

CE

Antoine Dib

63 P

URITY AND CLARITY

Kudret Altun, Müjgan Bekdaş

75 P

UBLIC BATHS IN

A

RAB

S

OCIETY

:

A SPACE OF SCENES

,

CELEBRATIONS AND REVELATIONS

Suzanne Akkary

105 E

L

P

EÑÓN DE LOS

B

AÑOS

,

TRADICIÓN PREHISPÁNICA QUE PERDURA HASTA LA ACTUALIDAD

Edmundo Arturo Figueroa Viruega, Minerva Rodríguez Licea

131 U

NDERSTANDING THE

T

EMASCAL

.

ARCHITECTURE EVOLUTION OF

M

AYA STEAMBATHS

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159 R

IEVOCARE L

’

ANTICO

:

NUOVE LINEE INTERPRETATIVE PER L

’«

EDIFICIUM THERMARUM

»

DI

L

EON

B

ATTISTA

A

LBERTI

Marco Di Salvo, Emanuela Ferretti

181 A

VIEW ON TRADITIONAL

P

UBLIC BATHS IN

I

SLAMIC

C

ITIES THROUGH THE BATHS OF

T

RIPOLI IN

L

EBANON

Antoine Dib, Mira Minkara

205 E

VOLUTION

,

ROLE AND POTENTIAL OF PUBLIC BATHS IN THE POST

-F

ORDIST WESTERN CITY

Rossella Maspoli

223 P

UBLIC BATHS IN

J

APAN

.

ART AND TRADITION

.

Kevin Alexander Echeverry B.

241 P

AESAGGI TERMALI

.

L’

ACQUA COME BENE COMUNE E DISPOSITIVO GENERATORE DEI LUOGHI

Eleonora Fiorentino, Giorgio Peghin, Andrea Scalas

263 2000

YEARS OF HOT WATER CONVENIENCE IN

S

ERBIA