The Roman Forum / David Watkin.
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TextSeries: Wonders of the world (London, England)Publication details: London : Profile, 2009. Description: viii, 279 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN: 1861979622; 9781861979629Subject(s): Architecture, Roman -- Italy -- Rome | City and town life -- Italy -- Rome -- History | Historic buildings -- Italy -- Rome | Roman Forum (Rome, Italy) | Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities | Rome (Italy) -- Buildings, structures, etc | Rome (Italy) -- Social life and customs | Rome -- Antiquities | Rome -- Social life and customsDDC classification: 937.63 LOC classification: DG66.5 | .W38 2009b| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Rome Global Gateway Library General Stacks | D G66.5 .W38 2009b (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | SS001030493 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-246).
Note on the text -- Introduction -- 1: Life in the Forum in antiquity -- 2: Visiting the ancient buildings with Piranesi -- 3: What Piranesi does not show -- 4: Churches in the Forum -- 5: From the Renaissance to the grand tour -- 6: From Byron to King Victor Emmanuel -- 7: From Mussolini and Hitler to holes in the ground -- Making a visit -- Further reading -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Index.
From the Blurb: The ruins of the Forum in Rome, the centre of its ancient Empire, are one of the best known wonders of antiquity and a highpoint of the tourist route round the Eternal City, but the Forum remains for many visitors a baffling and unwelcoming place. Yet there can be few more historic and evocative places in the world. Caesar was cremated there. Charles V and Mussolini rode by it in triumph. There Napoleon celebrated his festival of liberty. David Watkin's Forum is the site as it was famous for hundreds of years, celebrated in the haunting engravings of Piranesi and the romantic views of the Grand Tour, not the archaeological building site it has become. With a radical appraisal he teaches us to see the Forum with new eyes and helps us to rediscover its rich history during and since antiquity and that of the remarkable buildings which later centuries have added. His book will be as stimulating to the armchair traveller as it will be useful as a guide to the Forum itself.
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