| The Virtual Tourist in Renaissance Rome: Printing and Collecting the Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae Contributor(s): Zorach, Rebecca (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0943056373 ISBN-13: 9780943056371 Publisher: University of Chicago Library OUR PRICE: $24.75 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2008 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Art | European |
| Dewey: 722.7 |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 8.13" W x 10.89" (1.93 lbs) 176 pages |
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| Publisher Description: In 1540 Antonio Lafreri, a native of Besan on transplanted to Rome, began publishing maps and other printed images that depicted major monuments and antiquities in Rome. These prints--of statues and ruined landscapes, inscriptions and ornaments, reconstructed monuments and urban denizens--evoked ancient Rome and appealed to the taste for classical antiquity that defined the Renaissance. Collections of these prints came to be known as the Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae, the "Mirror of Roman Magnificence." Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the University of Chicago Library's Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae, the largest collection of its kind in the world, The Virtual Tourist in Renaissance Rome places these prints in their historical context and examines their publishing history. Editor Rebecca Zorach traces their journey from their creators and publishers to pilgrims, collectors, antiquarians, and dealers--"virtual tourists" who, over several centuries, revisited and reinvented the Renaissance image of Rome. A marvelous exploration of a rich collection of engravings and etchings, this illustrated volume will fascinate anyone interested in Renaissance Rome, the history of print collecting, the reception of antiquity, and tourism. |
Contributor Bio(s): Zorach, Rebecca: - Rebecca Zorach is the Mary Jane Crowe Professor of Art History at Northwestern University and the author of The Passionate Triangle and Blood, Milk, Ink, Gold. |