Rome. Portrait of a City

Rome is the city where past and present, spectacle and ordinariness meet at every corner; where Baroque dramas flourish alongside ancient classical wonders; where people stretch their necks to admire Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel; and where Fellini immortalized la dolce vita. Taschen's coffee-table book 'Rome. Portrait of a City' is a photographic portrait of Rome that presents the history and all the wonders of an incomparable cultural capital.

This comprehensive photographic portrait of Rome brings together hundreds of photographs from the period from 1840 to the present to explore the extraordinary history, beauty and art of this incomparable cultural capital. From sepia and black-and-white to color, these stunning images from the 1840s to the present show us - through the eyes of photographers such as Giacomo Caneva, Pompeo Molins, Giuseppe Primoli, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Carlo Bavagnoli, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Pasquale De Antonis, Peter Lindbergh, Slim Aarons and William Klein - Discover Rome in its many fascinating guises: as the center of the Roman Empire, as one of the baking mats of the Renaissance, as a favorite destination for travelers and a rich patchwork of varied neighborhoods, as the seat of the Roman Catholic Church, a stage for politics and as the perfect backdrop for film and fashion shoots.

Drawing on illustrious archives, some of the earliest images in the book offer us a privileged Grand Tour view of some of Rome's most treasured landmarks, with the Colosseum, the Roman Forum and the Spanish Steps seen almost without people.

Specifications
Title: Rome. Portrait of a City
Author: Giovanni Fanelli
Publisher: TASCHEN
Size: 335 x 257 x 45 mm
Size: 486 pages
Weight: 3224 grams
Language: English
Material: Hardcover
ISBN: 9783836562713

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