par Maier, Jessica (19..-....)
The University of Chicago Press
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The Eternal City : a history of Rome in Maps
Résumé
Integrating history, archaeology, urban studies, art history, and cartography, a number of recent books—among them, R. J. B. Bosworth's Whispering City (CH, Jan'12, 49-2904); Rabun Taylor, Katharine Rinne, and Spiro Kostof's Rome (CH, Apr'17, 54-3868); and Stephen L. Dyson's Archaeology, Ideology, and Urbanism in Rome from the Grand Tour to Berlusconi (CH, Sep'19, 57-0303)—demonstrate the importance of interdisciplinarity in analyzing that quintessential urban space: the city of Rome. In this pendant to her Renaissance-focused volume, Rome Measured and Imagined (CH, Nov'15, 53-1487), Maier (Mount Holyoke College) here expands her scope to provide "A History of Rome in Maps." Ten well-balanced chapters begin with the idea of Rome and its site, then proceed through ancient Rome (chapters 1–2), medieval and early modern Rome (chapters 3–6), and the modern city (chapters 7–9), ending with a contemplative survey of the city's challenges in the present (chapter 10). Each chapter combines history, urban development, and the history of mapping to assess in each period how the city changed and how contemporaries represented it—demonstrating how Rome has been constantly reimagined, reconstructed, and re-presented over the course of the past three millennia, both on the ground and on paper (or other media). The generous 140 color illustrations richly illustrate the narrative.
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Date
- C 2020
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Langues
- Anglais
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Description matérielle
- 1 vol. (199 p.) : ill. en noir et en coul., cartes ; 29 cm
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ISBN
- 978-0-226-59145-2
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Indice
- 912 Géographie des espaces naturels
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Origine de la notice:
- Abes ;
- ICU/DLC ;
- DLC ;
- BPI
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