Description
Book SynopsisThis volume from the American Academy in Rome (AAR) represents the interests of the AAR, its fellows, residents, and the larger international community who utilize its excellent library and facilities. ""The Memoirs"" series (MAAR) presents a selection of ambitious articles on subjects represented by the AAR. These topics include, but are not limited to, Roman archaeology and topography, ancient and modern Italian history, Latin literature, and Italian art and architectural history. Volume 53 includes the following essays: ""Recarved Imperial Portraits: Nuances and Wider Context"" by Karl Galinsky, ""A Collection of Inscriptions from the Via Salaria Necropolis Now in the Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky"" by George Houston and Linda Gigante, ""Mapping Ancient Rome in Bufalini's Plan and in Sixteenth-Century Drawings"" by Ann C. Huppert, ""A Third-Century Context from S. Stefano Rotondo (Rome)"" by Archer Martin et al., ""Restoring the Teatro Olimpico: Palladio's Contested Legacy"" by Daniel McReynolds, ""The High Altar of Santa Maria in Aracoeli: Recontextualizing a Medieval Icon in Post-Tridentine Rome"" by Kirstin Noreen, and ""Caravaggio's Cardsharps and Marino's 'Gioco di primera': A Case of Intertextuality"" by Lorenzo Pericolo.
