Rome: An Urban History from Antiquity to the Present1. A bend in the river -- 2. A storybook beginning -- 3. Ideological crossfire -- 4. Big men on the Campus -- 5. Res publica restitute -- 6. Memorials in motion : spectacle in the city -- 7. The concrete style -- 8. Remaking Rome's public core I -- 9. Remaking Rome's public core II -- 10. Continuity and crisis -- 11. Rus in urbe : a garden city -- 12. Administration, infrastructure, and disposal of the dead -- 13. Mapping, zoning, and sequestration -- 14. Tetrarchic and Constantinian Rome -- 15. Trophies and tituli : Christian infrastructure before Constantine -- 16. Walls make Christians : from fourth to fifth century -- 17. A tale of two Romes -- 18. The Rome of Goths and Byzantines -- 19. Christian foundations -- 20. From Domus Laterani to Romanum palatium -- 21. The Leonine City : St Peter's and the Borgo -- 22. Via Papalis, the Christian decumanus -- 23. The Urban theaters of imperium and SPQR -- 24. Housing daily life -- 25. Chaos in the fortified city -- 26. The Tiber River -- 27. Humanist Rome, absolutist Rome (1420-1527) -- 28. Planning Counter-Reformation Rome -- 29. Processions and populations -- 30. Magnificent palaces and rhetorical churches -- 31. Neoclassical Rome -- 32. Picturing Rome -- 33. Revolution and Risorgimento -- 34. Italian nationalism and romanit ... -- 35. A city turned inside out |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
A BEND IN THE RIVER | 4 |
A STORYBOOK BEGINNING | 10 |
IDEOLOGICAL CROSSFIRE | 19 |
BIG MEN ON THE CAMPUS | 32 |
RES PUBLICA RESTITUTA | 43 |
SPECTACLE IN THE CITY | 52 |
THE CONCRETE STYLE | 60 |
FROM DOMUS LATERANI TO ROMANUM PALATIUM | 188 |
ST PETERS AND THE BORGO | 196 |
VIA PAPALIS THE CHRISTIAN DECUMANUS | 205 |
THE URBAN THEATERS OF IMPERIUM AND SPQR | 214 |
HOUSING DAILY LIFE | 222 |
CHAOS IN THE FORTIFIED CITY | 232 |
THE TIBER RIVER | 241 |
HUMANIST ROME ABSOLUTIST ROME 14201527 | 251 |
I | 72 |
II | 82 |
CRISIS AND CONTINUITY | 93 |
A GARDEN CITY | 103 |
ADMINISTRATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND DISPOSAL OF THE DEAD | 114 |
MAPPING ZONING AND SEQUESTRATION | 122 |
TETRARCHIC AND CONSTANTINIAN ROME | 132 |
CHRISTIAN INFRASTRUCTURE BEFORE CONSTANTINE | 142 |
FROM FOURTH TO FIFTH CENTURY | 151 |
A TALE OF TWO ROMES | 160 |
THE ROME OF GOTHS AND BYZANTINES | 170 |
CHRISTIAN FOUNDATIONS | 180 |
PLANNING COUNTER REFORMATION ROME | 261 |
PROCESSIONS AND POPULATIONS | 271 |
MAGNIFICENT PALACES AND RHETORICAL CHURCHES | 281 |
NEOCLASSICAL ROME | 292 |
PICTURING ROME | 303 |
REVOLUTION AND RISORGIMENTO | 313 |
ITALIAN NATIONALISM AND ROMANITÀ | 324 |
A CITY TURNED INSIDE OUT | 336 |
Glossary of Persons Places and Terms | 349 |
Works Cited | 363 |
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Rome: An Urban History from Antiquity to the Present Rabun Taylor,Katherine Wentworth Rinne,Spiro Kostof No preview available - 2016 |
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