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When In Rome: 2000 Years Of Roman Sightseeing![]() Stock informationGeneral Fields
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DescriptionThe story of what Rome's visitors have looked at over the past two thousand years: the buildings, the statues, the paintings, the artefacts that have most impressed each generation of travellers from the time of the Roman Republic in the second century BC up to the present age of mass tourism. Author descriptionMatthew Sturgis is the author of numerous books, including the highly praised Aubrey Beardsley: A Biography and Walter Sickert: A Life, and also a regular reviewer in and contributor to the Times Literary Supplement, the Sunday Telegraph and other papers. Table of contentsContents Introduction 1 Republican Rome 2 Imperial Rome 3 Dark Age Rome 4 Mediaeval Rome 5 Renaissance Rome 6 Baroque Rome 7 Rome and the Grand Tour 8 Romantic Rome and the Victorians 9 Modern Rome Further reading Index Acknowledgments |