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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:
- Introduction: Rome as Idea and Reality
- Further Reading
- Chapter One: Rome Takes Shape
- Rome before Rome
- A Walled City
- Urban Districting
- Further Reading
- Chapter Two: Rome of the Caesars
- Destination Rome
- An Incomplete Puzzle
- Making Sense of the Shattered Past
- Filling in the Gaps
- A Model City
- Further Reading
- Chapter Three: Rome of the Popes
- Sacred Buildings and Secular Symbols
- The Medieval Cityscape
- Pathos and Wonder
- Further Reading
- Chapter Four: Rome Reborn
- A City Ready for Its Close-Up
- The City Seen through a Wide-Angle Lens
- The City Measured
- A Panoramic View of Urban Revitalization
- Further Reading
- Chapter Five: Rome of the Scholars
- Archaeology in Its Infancy
- An Ancient Roman Theme Park
- A Ghostly Fantasy
- Further Reading
- Chapter Six: Rome of the Saints and Pilgrims
- The Way of the Faithful
- Scenes from a Pilgrimage
- A Pilgrimage Map for the Modern Era
- Further Reading
- Chapter Seven: Rome of the Grand Tourists
- Rome as Theater
- The Origins of the Tourist Plan
- Rome Surveyed
- A Panoramic Vision
- Further Reading
- Chapter Eight: Rome of the Mass Tourists
- The Guidebook Impresario’s Rome
- Rome for a Rather Important Woman Traveler
- Rome in Your Pocket
- Rome for Italian Tourists
- Further Reading
- Chapter Nine: Rome Enters the Modern Age
- 2,500 Years in, a Master Plan for Rome
- When Trams Ruled Rome
- An Olympic City, and a New Beginning
- Further Reading
- Chapter Ten: Rome Past, Present, and Future
- Rapid Transit for a Rapidly Changing City
- A Master Plan for the Third Millennium: (Un)sustainable Rome
- Further Reading
- Acknowledgments
- Index
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