Barberini Tapestries: Woven Monuments of Baroque Rome
James Harper and Marlene Eidelheit
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This book is the first sustained scholastic treatment of the Life of Christ tapestries, which were...
Portraits of the Vestal Virgins, Priestesses of Ancient Rome
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Molly M. Lindner's new book examines the sculptural presentation of the Vestal Virgins, who, for...
Spolia Churches of Rome: Recycling Antiquity in the Middle Ages
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A particularly robust approach to Romes antique past was taken in the Middle Ages, spanning from the...
Rome Measured and Imagined: Early Modern Maps of the Eternal City
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At the turn of the fifteenth century, Rome was in the midst of a dramatic transformation from what...
The School of Rome: Latin Studies and the Origins of Liberal Education
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This fascinating cultural and intellectual history focuses on education as practiced by the imperial...
Athens, Rome, and England: America's Constitutional Heritage
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Uncovering the Roots of the U.S. ConstitutionAmerica s Constitution did not spring up suddenly in...