Rome: Continuing Encounters Between Past and Present

Dorigen Sophie Caldwell, Lesley Caldwell

Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2011 - History - 262 pages

Few other cities can compare with Rome's history of continuous habitation, nor with the survival of so many different epochs in its present. This volume explores how the city's past has shaped the way in which Rome has been built, rebuilt, represented and imagined throughout its history. An imaginative approach to the study of the urban and architectural make-up of Rome, this volume will be valuable not only for historians of art and architecture, but also for students of cultural history and film studies.

Contents

• Continuities ofP1ace: 1
• Roman Archaeology in Medieval Rome: 17
• Sixteenthcentury Maps of the Eternal City: 35
• Time Concertinaed at the Altar of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere: 57
• Reconciliation or Conquest? The Opening of the Via della: 129
• Cinematic Notes on the Evolution of a Piazza: 189
• Thoughts on Rome: 207
• Bibliography: 221
• Index: 251

Bibliographic information

• Title: Rome: Continuing Encounters Between Past and Present
• Editors: Dorigen Sophie Caldwell, Lesley Caldwell
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2011
• ISBN: 140941762X, 9781409417620
• Length: 262 pages
• Subjects: Architecture / History / General; History / Europe / Ireland; History / Modern / 20th Century