Rome : a cultural, visual, and personal history
Book |
1st ed. |
Alfred A. Knopf,
New York :
c2011.
- 2 of 2 Copies Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
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FA comprehensive history of Rome covers the city's evolution from the Roman empire through the early years of Christianity to the Renaissance and the modern era, addressing topics from government and architecture to its influence on culture and politics.
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- ISBN: 9780307268440
- Physical Description: 498 p. : ill.print
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2011.
- General Note: "A Borzoi book."
- Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
- Formatted Contents Note: Foundation -- Augustus -- Later Empire -- Pagans versus Christians --Medieval Rome and Avignon -- Renaissance -- Rome in the Seventeenth century -- High Baroque (Bernini, Borromini, etc.) -- Eighteenth-century Rome, Neo-classicism, and the Grand Tour -- The Nineteenth century orthodoxy versus modernity -- Futurism and Fascism -- Rome recaptured.