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224 pages
paperback, 8-1/4 x 11" (21 x 28 cm)
482 color illustrations and 6 drawings
Rome has been at the center of western civilization for more than two thousand years. As the capital of an empire, and as the center of the Catholic Church, it has had tremendous influence on art, science, politics and government, as well as on religion. And through its fabulous feats of engineering and construction, it has inspired architects and designers on both the grand public scale and in the details of daily life.This profusely illustrated book has a wide variety of images, and a straight-forward, informative text. It is divided into four main parts: Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque. Each part contains a historical narrative, plus separate sections on topics of special interest. These include: the Walls of Ancient Rome, the Appian Way, the Catacombs, the Cloisters, the Sistine Chapel, Raphael's Stanze, the Farnese Gallery, the Fountains of Rome, and others. Each part also has special sections on Rome's major museums, with highlights from each collection.
The sculpture, frescoes, murals and architectural details in this book will appeal to those interested in both the fine and decorative arts. The abundant archaeological material will fascinate those interested in history and daily life in the past. This book is for everyone who has studied Rome, who has visited Rome, or who wishes to go.
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ANCIENT ROME
From the Origins to the Age of the Kings
The Walls of Rome
The Republic
The Works of Caesar
Augustus and the Birth of the Empire
The Bridges of Ancient Rome
The Appian Way
Ancient Rome Emerges from the Modern City
Nero and the Flavian Dynasty
From the Apogee to the Late Classical Era
The Excavation of the Imperial Forums
National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia
The National Roman Museum
Capitoline Museums
The Vatican Museums
MEDIEVAL ROME
The Age of Constantine
The Catacombs
The New Monumental Buildings: the 5th Century
The City is Transformed
The Cosmati
The Cloisters
The Carolingian Era
The Leonine City
Toward the New Millenium
The Late Middle Ages
The Towers of Rome
Pietro Cavallini, Jacopo Torriti and Arnolfo di
Cambio
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RENAISSANCE ROME The Pontificate of Martin V The Branda Chapel in San Clemente Nicholas V The Bronze Doors of St. Peter's The Chapel of Nicholas V Paul II Sixtus IV The Carafa Chapel in Santa Maria sopra Minerva Santa Maria del Popolo Innocent VIII's Belvedere Julius II The Sistine Chapel The Basilica of St. Peter Raphael's Stanze From the Sack of Rome to Paul III's Renovatio Urbis Paul III's Apartment in Castel Sant'Angelo Michelangelo's Reorganization of the Capitol Fronm Julius III to Sixtus V The Patronage of Alessandro Farnese The Decoration of the Oratories Sixtus V's Pictorial Enterprises The Pinacoteca Vaticana |
BAROQUE ROME "The Variety of Manner" "Decorously Adorning Palaces with Pictures" The Art of Clement VIII and "the Flavor of the Good" "Look Out for Things by Annibale and Caravaggio" The Farnese Gallery Private Aestheticism and Public Virtue The Emilians in Rome The Empire of A Pope Frugality and the Jubilee Cardinal Camillo Pamphilj The Fountains of Rome The Predominance of Pietro da Cortona The Grandiose City-Planning Schemes of Alexander VII Francesco Borromini in Rome National Gallery of Ancient Art Capitoline Picture Gallery Doria Pamphilj Gallery Borghese Gallery Spada Gallery Bibliography |