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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 3.0//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Art and Archaeology of Rome</TITLE> <meta name="description" CONTENT="Art and Archaeology of Rome: From Ancient Times to the Baroque. A paperback book with more than 400 color illustrations."> <meta name="keywords" CONTENT="Rome, sculpture,baroque, ancient Rome, art,"> </HEAD> <BODY bgcolor="#fffffff" a link="#663300" v link="#ff6600"> <h1><font color="#993300">Riverside Book Company, Inc.</font></h1> <h3><font color="#993300">P.O. Box 237043, New York, N.Y. 10023 <br> TEL (212)-595-0700 FAX (212)-595-0700 </font> </h3><h4><a href="http://www.riversidebook.com/index.html">http://www.riversidebook.com</a></h4><br> <TABLE align = "left" BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="6"> <tr><td> <IMG SRC="images/rome2.jpg" ALIGN=LEFT > </td> </tr> </TABLE> <h2><font color="#000077">Art and Archaeology of Rome</font></h2> <h3><font color="#000077">From Ancient Times to the Baroque</font></h3> <h4><font color="#000077">edited by Andrea Augenti</font></h4> ISBN: 1-878351-56-7<br> Price: $24.99<p> 224 pages<br>paperback, 8-1/4 x 11" (21 x 28 cm)<br> 482 color illustrations and 6 drawings <p> <pre> </pre> <BR CLEAR=all> <blockquote> <b><font color ="#000077" size = +1>R</font></b>ome has been at the center of western civilization for more than two thousand years. As the capital of an empire, and as the center of the Catholic Church, it has had tremendous influence on art, science, politics and government, as well as on religion. And through its fabulous feats of engineering and construction, it has inspired architects and designers on both the grand public scale and in the details of daily life. <p> <b><font color ="#000077" size = +1>T</font></b>his profusely illustrated book has a wide variety of images, and a straight-forward, informative text. It is divided into four main parts: Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque. Each part contains a historical narrative, plus separate sections on topics of special interest. These include: the Walls of Ancient Rome, the Appian Way, the Catacombs, the Cloisters, the Sistine Chapel, Raphael's Stanze, the Farnese Gallery, the Fountains of Rome, and others. Each part also has special sections on Rome's major museums, with highlights from each collection. <p> <b><font color ="#000077" size = +1>T</font></b>he sculpture, frescoes, murals and architectural details in this book will appeal to those interested in both the fine and decorative arts. The abundant archaeological material will fascinate those interested in history and daily life in the past. This book is for everyone who has studied Rome, who has visited Rome, or who wishes to go.<p> </blockquote> <TABLE align = "Right" BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="6"> <tr><td><IMG SRC="images/romeback.jpg" ALIGN=right></td></tr></table> <b>Table of Contents</b><p> <b> ANCIENT ROME</b><br> From the Origins to the Age of the Kings<br> The Walls of Rome <br> The Republic<br> The Works of Caesar <br> Augustus and the Birth of the Empire<br> The Bridges of Ancient Rome<br> The Appian Way<br> Ancient Rome Emerges from the Modern City<br> Nero and the Flavian Dynasty<br> From the Apogee to the Late Classical Era<br> The Excavation of the Imperial Forums<br> National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia<br> The National Roman Museum<br> Capitoline Museums<br> The Vatican Museums<p> <b>MEDIEVAL ROME</b><br> The Age of Constantine<br> The Catacombs<br> The New Monumental Buildings: the 5th Century<br> The City is Transformed<br> The Cosmati<br> The Cloisters<br> The Carolingian Era<br> The Leonine City<br> Toward the New Millenium<br> The Late Middle Ages<br> The Towers of Rome<br> Pietro Cavallini, Jacopo Torriti and Arnolfo di <br> Cambio<p> <taBLE><TR><TD VALIGN = TOP> <b>RENAISSANCE ROME</b><br> The Pontificate of Martin V<br> The Branda Chapel in San Clemente<br> Nicholas V<br> The Bronze Doors of St. Peter's<br> The Chapel of Nicholas V<br> Paul II<br> Sixtus IV<br> The Carafa Chapel in Santa Maria sopra Minerva<br> Santa Maria del Popolo<br> Innocent VIII's Belvedere<br> Julius II<br> The Sistine Chapel<br> The Basilica of St. Peter<br> Raphael's Stanze<br> From the Sack of Rome to Paul III's Renovatio Urbis<br> Paul III's Apartment in Castel Sant'Angelo<br> Michelangelo's Reorganization of the Capitol<br> Fronm Julius III to Sixtus V The Patronage of Alessandro Farnese<br> The Decoration of the Oratories<br> Sixtus V's Pictorial Enterprises<br> The Pinacoteca Vaticana<p></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP> <b>BAROQUE ROME</b><br> "The Variety of Manner"<br> "Decorously Adorning Palaces with Pictures"<br> The Art of Clement VIII and "the Flavor of the Good"<br> "Look Out for Things by Annibale and Caravaggio"<br> The Farnese Gallery<br> Private Aestheticism and Public Virtue<br> The Emilians in Rome<br> The Empire of A Pope<br> Frugality and the Jubilee<br> Cardinal Camillo Pamphilj<br> The Fountains of Rome<br> The Predominance of Pietro da Cortona<br> The Grandiose City-Planning Schemes of Alexander VII<br> Francesco Borromini in Rome<br> National Gallery of Ancient Art<br> Capitoline Picture Gallery<br> Doria Pamphilj Gallery<br> Borghese Gallery<br> Spada Gallery<br><br> Bibliography </TD></TR></TABLE> <hr> <p> <a href="index.html">Back to Main Index</a> <a href="mailto:[email protected]">Contact us: [email protected]</a> </BODY> </HTML>