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Venise est lagune

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L’auteur nous parle de l’intrusion des paquebots géants jusqu’au pied du Palais des Doges. Venise est lagune, Venise est fragile, Les monstres des mers causent des dégâts aux pilotis, s’approchent dangereusement des quais, déversent des odeurs nocives de fumée, déplacent des tonnes d’eau et la nuit des milliers de flashs crépitent.

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The virtual tourist in Renaissance Rome: printing and collecting the speculum romanae magnificentiae

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In 1540 Antonio Lafreri, a native of Besancon 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.

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Engineering the eternal city: infrastructure, topography, and the culture of knowledge in Rome

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Between the catastrophic flood of the Tiber River in 1557 and the death of the ''engineering pope'' Sixtus V in 1590, the city of Rome was transformed by intense activity involving building construction and engineering projects of all kinds. Using hundreds of archival documents and primary sources, ''Engineering the Eternal City'' explores the processes and people involved in these infrastructure projects—sewers, bridge repair, flood prevention, aqueduct construction, the building of new, straight streets, and even the relocation of immensely heavy ancient Egyptian obelisks that Roman emperors had carried to the city centuries before.

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La Venise des livres

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Après la publication de son premier imprimé en 1469, Venise devient en quelques années la première productrice de livres en Europe. Il s’agit d’un métier neuf qui se développe hors des cadres institutionnels des corporations. Les livres produits se retrouvent dans toutes les bibliothèques d’Europe. Ces imprimeurs qui ont fait le succès de Venise sont pour la plupart d'origine étrangère. Ils sont Allemands d’abord, avant l’arrivée d’autres communautés dans cette industrie. Ce sont des marchands et des artisans en provenance de toute l’Europe et d’une partie de la Méditerranée orientale. Au-delà des échecs, beaucoup se sont intégrés dans la ville, sa géographie, sa sociabilité, et ont construit une nouvelle industrie du livre au coeur de l’Europe.

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Une journée dans la Rome antique

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Une journée dans la Rome antique sous le règne de Trajan, quart d'heure par quart d'heure, par l'auteur d'«Empire» et des «Trois Jours de Pompéi» après ces deux succès et avec un même talent de conteur, Alberto Angela immerge si bien ses lecteurs dans l'Antiquité romaine qu'il fait presque d'eux des Romains afin qu'ils la comprennent mieux. Un livre qui s'est vendu à plus de 500 000 ex. en Italie.

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Venice incognito: masks in the serene republic

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In this publication, James H. Johnson offers a spirited analysis of masking in this carnival-loving city. He draws on a wealth of material to explore the world view of maskers, both during and outside of carnival, and reconstructs their logic: covering the face in public was a uniquely Venetian response to one of the most rigid class hierarchies in European history. This vivid account goes beyond common views that masking was about forgetting the past and minding the muse of pleasure to offer fresh insight into the historical construction of identity.

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The Colosseum

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The Colosseum describes how the arena was built and at what cost; we are introduced to the emperors who sometimes fought in gladiatorial games staged at the Colosseum; and we take measure of the audience who reveled in, or opposed, these games. The authors also trace the strange afterlife of the monument—as fortress, shrine of martyrs, church, and glue factory.

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Martial signifiers: fortress complexes by Francesco di Giorgio Martini

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Francesco di Giorgio Martini's fortress complexes, created at the end of the Quattrocento, continue to look experimental and highly speculative half a millenium later by their semiotic character. They represent an extreme of European architectural history, occupying a position where architecture and sculpture cannot be sharply distinguished any longer. The creations represented in this book have their origins in a particular historic situation: the emergence of firearms in the 14th century and their spread in the 15th century had shifted the balance of warfare in favour of the attacking side, against which the defensive structure had not yet found a remedy.

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Pompéi et la campanie antique

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La Campanie, heureux séjour des dieux et des muses abandonné aux puissances infernales. Une terre de culture, une terre de sang mêlé, aux sources de la civilisation romaine. En 79 de notre ère, l'explosion du Vésuve a couvert d'un linceul de cendres cet écrin de nature lumineux et tranquille. À Pompei, ou le temps fut suspendu, le voyageur croit tout comprendre de la vie des Anciens. Mais pense-t-il à se garder des illusions? Ce guide l'invite à relire le quotidien de ces cites retrouvées.

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Rome 1600: the city and the visual arts under Clement VIII

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In 1600 Rome was the center of the artistic world. This book offers a new look at the art and architecture of the great Baroque city at this time of major innovation—especially in painting, largely owing to the presence of Annibale Carracci (1560–1609) and Caravaggio (1571–1610). Rome was a magnet for artists and architects from all over Europe; they came to study the remains of antiquity and the works of Michelangelo, Raphael, and Bramante. The variety of artists working in the city ensured a diversity of styles and innovative cross-influences. Moreover, 1600 was a Jubilee year, offering numerous opportunities for artistic patronage, whether in major projects like St. Peter’s, or in lesser schemes such as the restoration of older churches. Clare Robertson examines these developments as well as the patronage of the pope and of major Roman families, drawing on a range of contemporary sources and images to reconstruct a snapshot of Rome at this thrilling time.