Viva Roma!

Snoek Publishers

ISBN 10: 9461614586 / ISBN 13: 9789461614582

Published by BAI NV, BE, 2018

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From the 17th - 20th century, the "voyage to Rome" established itself as a source of infinite inspiration where prevails the connections to Antiquity artworks. The former capital of the Roman Empire exercised a powerful hand of seduction through its monuments such as the Coliseum, its nearby sites (Pompei, Herculaneum) and its art depicting ideal beauty, which was inherited from the Greeks.This book addresses all the singularity of a city of contrasts and pleasures, to the light of the South: its different neighbourhoods, its palaces, galleries, restless life of the population, and even gastronomy which stroke new colours to Art in Europe.Published to accompany an exhibition at the Liege Museum.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Viva Roma!
• Publisher: BAI NV, BE
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9461614586
• ISBN 13: 9789461614582
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

From the 17th - 20th century, the "voyage to Rome" established itself as a source of infinite inspiration where prevails the connections to Antiquity artworks. The former capital of the Roman Empire exercised a powerful hand of seduction through its monuments such as the Coliseum, its nearby sites (Pompei, Herculaneum) and its art depicting ideal beauty, which was inherited from the Greeks.

This book addresses all the singularity of a city of contrasts and pleasures, to the light of the South: its different neighbourhoods, its palaces, galleries, restless life of the population, and even gastronomy which stroke new colours to Art in Europe. Published to accompany an exhibition at the Liege Museum.