Rome Is Love Spelled Backward: Enjoying Art and Architecture in the Eternal City

Description: A guide to the art, architecture and timeless human passion of Rome. It focuses on the merging of art and ambition; famous and forgotten monuments play a part in the account, as do the artists and patrons who brought them into being. The first chapters concentrate on the people, art and architecture of imperial Rome. It then explores the legacy of early Christian and medieval Rome before moving on to reveal how Michelangelo, Bernini, Caravaggio, and Borromini shaped the brilliant art of the Renaissance and Baroque eras. Whether exploring the Colosseum and the Jewish catacombs, discovering the eccentric Quartiere Coppede, or reminding readers not to forget the more recent monuments to the victims of the city's Nazi occupation, Judith Testa writes with an eye for the unusual. For her, the ancient wordplay on "Roma" and "amor" holds the key to unravelling some fascinating cultural puzzles.

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EAN: 9780875805764

UPC: 9780875805764

ISBN: 9780875805764

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Book Title: Rome Is Love Spelled Backward : Enjoying Art and Architecture in the Eternal City

Number of Pages: 303 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Item Height: 0.7 in

Topic: Europe / Italy, Regional, European, History / General

Publication Year: 1998

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: Art, Travel, Architecture

Item Weight: 16 Oz

Item Length: 9 in

Author: Judith Testa

Item Width: 5 in

Format: Trade Paperback