Perspectives on Public Space in Rome, from Antiquity to the Present Day

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Contents: Presentation: crossroads in space and time, Ali Madanipour Introduction, Gregory Smith and Jan Gadeyne Part I Antiquity: Omnis Caesareo cedit labor amphitheatro, unum pro cuntis fama loquetur opus (Mart., I, 7-8), Manuel Royo Emperors, baths, and public space: the imperial thermae in Rome's late antique landscape, Dallas DeForest. Part II Middle Ages: Shortcuts: observations on the formation of the medieval street system in Rome, Jan Gadeyne Public access, action, and display in Rome of the later anni milli, Lila Yawn. Part III Renaissance: La loggia delle benedizioni at St Peter's in the quattrocento and the visualization of power, Ioana Jimborean Marcantonio Colonna and the victory at Lepanto: the framing of a public space at Santa Maria in Aracoeli, Paul Anderson 'SPQR/CAPITOLIVM RESTITVIT': the Renovatio of the Campidoglio and Michelangelo's use of the giant order, Tamara Smithers. Part IV Baroque: From cattle market to public promenade: remaking the forum in the 17th century, Jasmine R. Cloud Performance and politics in the urban spaces of Baroque Rome, Joanna Norman. Part V Modern: Public space as desire, dream and history: Freud and Rome, Paola Di Cori Political public space in Rome from 1870 to 2011, Vittorio Vidotto. Part VI Contemporary: Narrating place: perspectives on Pier Paolo Pasolini's Rome, Gregory Smith The shape of public space: place, space, and junkspace, David Mayernik Contemporary debates on public space in Rome, Marco Cremaschi Bibliography Index.