{"product_id":"rome-is-love-spelled-backward-9780875805764","title":"Rome Is Love Spelled Backward","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA guide to the art, architecture and timeless human passion of Rome. It focuses on famous and forgotten monuments, and the artists and patrons who brought them into being. For Judith Testa, the ancient wordplay on \"Roma\" and \"amor\" holds the key to unravelling some fascinating cultural puzzles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a text both scholarly and entertaining, Testa has produced a guide useful for the serious student and passionate sightseer. The text is characterized by both lucidity and a sincere love of the subject matter, and this makes the book a pleasure to read and also a wonderful guide for travelers to Rome.\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003cbr\u003e Introduction \u003cbr\u003e Part 1: Ancient Rome \u003cbr\u003e 1 The Roman Forum \u003cbr\u003e 2 The Ara Pacis Augustae \u003cbr\u003e 3 The Colosseum \u003cbr\u003e 4 When Rome Ruled the World \u003cbr\u003e 5 The Pantheon \u003cbr\u003e 6 Castel Sant' Angelo \u003cbr\u003e 7 The Baths of Caracalla and of Diocletian \u003cbr\u003e 8 The Walls of Mighty Rome \u003cbr\u003e 9 Rome's Indispensable Aqueducts \u003cbr\u003e Part 2: Early Christian and Medieval Rome \u003cbr\u003e 10 The Christian Catacombs \u003cbr\u003e 11 The Jewish Catacombs \u003cbr\u003e 12 St. John Lateran \u003cbr\u003e 13 S. Maria Maggiore \u003cbr\u003e 14 S. Prassede \u003cbr\u003e 15 S. Clemente \u003cbr\u003e Part 3: Late Medieval and Renaissance Rome \u003cbr\u003e 16 S. Maria sopra Minerva \u003cbr\u003e 17 Pope Julius II \u003cbr\u003e 18 Raphael in Rome: The Vatican Frescoes \u003cbr\u003e 19 Raphael in Rome: The Villa Farnesina \u003cbr\u003e 20 Leo X and Clement VII \u003cbr\u003e 21 Pope Paul III and His Art Patronage \u003cbr\u003e 22 St. Peter's \u003cbr\u003e 23 The Sistine Chapel \u003cbr\u003e 24 Michelangelo's Last Judgment \u003cbr\u003e 25 The Rome of St. Ignatius Loyola \u003cbr\u003e 26 Pope Sixtus and His Urban Planning \u003cbr\u003e Part 4: Baroque Rome \u003cbr\u003e 27 Caravaggio \u003cbr\u003e 28 Caravaggio Up Close \u003cbr\u003e 29 Gianlorenzo Bernini \u003cbr\u003e 30 Bernini at St. Peter's \u003cbr\u003e 31 The Architecture of Francesco Borromini \u003cbr\u003e 32 The Trevi Fountain \u003cbr\u003e Part 5: Modern Rome \u003cbr\u003e 33 The Quartiere Copped\\u00e8 \u003cbr\u003e 34 Mussolini's \"Third Rome\" \u003cbr\u003e 35 The Shrines of Rome's Modern Martyrs \u003cbr\u003e Notes \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography \u003cbr\u003e List of Illustrations \u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406423236951,"sku":"9780875805764","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780875805764.jpg?v=1730495748","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rome-is-love-spelled-backward-9780875805764","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}