The Eternal City A History of Rome in Maps 1st edition by Jessica Maier ISBN 0226591599 9780226591599

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ISBN 10: 0226591599
ISBN 13: 9780226591599
Author: Jessica Maier

One of the most visited places in the world, Rome attracts millions of tourists each year to walk its storied streets and see famous sites like the Colosseum, St. Peter’s Basilica, and the Trevi Fountain. Yet this ancient city’s allure is due as much to its rich, unbroken history as to its extraordinary array of landmarks. Countless incarnations and eras merge in the Roman cityscape. With a history spanning nearly three millennia, no other place can quite match the resilience and reinventions of the aptly nicknamed Eternal City. In this unique and visually engaging book, Jessica Maier considers Rome through the eyes of mapmakers and artists who have managed to capture something of its essence over the centuries. Viewing the city as not one but ten “Romes,” she explores how the varying maps and art reflect each era’s key themes. Ranging from modest to magnificent, the images comprise singular aesthetic monuments like paintings and grand prints as well as more popular and practical items like mass-produced tourist plans, archaeological surveys, and digitizations. The most iconic and important images of the city appear alongside relatively obscure, unassuming items that have just as much to teach us about Rome’s past. Through 140 full-color images and thoughtful overviews of each era, Maier provides an accessible, comprehensive look at Rome’s many overlapping layers of history in this landmark volume. The first English-language book to tell Rome’s rich story through its maps, The Eternal City beautifully captures the past, present, and future of one of the most famous and enduring places on the planet.

The Eternal City A History of Rome in Maps 1st Table of contents:

1. Introduction: Rome as Idea and Reality
2. Further Reading
3. Chapter One: Rome Takes Shape
4. Rome before Rome
5. A Walled City
6. Urban Districting
7. Further Reading
8. Chapter Two: Rome of the Caesars
9. Destination Rome
10. An Incomplete Puzzle
11. Making Sense of the Shattered Past
12. Filling in the Gaps
13. A Model City
14. Further Reading
15. Chapter Three: Rome of the Popes
16. Sacred Buildings and Secular Symbols
17. The Medieval Cityscape
18. Pathos and Wonder
19. Further Reading
20. Chapter Four: Rome Reborn
21. A City Ready for Its Close-Up
22. The City Seen through a Wide-Angle Lens
23. The City Measured
24. A Panoramic View of Urban Revitalization
25. Further Reading
26. Chapter Five: Rome of the Scholars
27. Archaeology in Its Infancy
28. An Ancient Roman Theme Park
29. A Ghostly Fantasy
30. Further Reading
31. Chapter Six: Rome of the Saints and Pilgrims
32. The Way of the Faithful
33. Scenes from a Pilgrimage
34. A Pilgrimage Map for the Modern Era
35. Further Reading
36. Chapter Seven: Rome of the Grand Tourists
37. Rome as Theater
38. The Origins of the Tourist Plan
39. Rome Surveyed
40. A Panoramic Vision
41. Further Reading
42. Chapter Eight: Rome of the Mass Tourists
43. The Guidebook Impresario’s Rome
44. Rome for a Rather Important Woman Traveler
45. Rome in Your Pocket
46. Rome for Italian Tourists
47. Further Reading
48. Chapter Nine: Rome Enters the Modern Age
49. 2,500 Years in, a Master Plan for Rome
50. When Trams Ruled Rome
51. An Olympic City, and a New Beginning
52. Further Reading
53. Chapter Ten: Rome Past, Present, and Future
54. Rapid Transit for a Rapidly Changing City
55. A Master Plan for the Third Millennium: (Un)sustainable Rome
56. Further Reading
57. Acknowledgments
58. Index

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