Myth Of Rome Research Articles

10 Variations of an Architectural Design Theme Analogy between Compositional Principle and Musical Theme in the Design of the “Napoleon and the Myth of Rome” Exhibition Project

The essay “10 variations of an architectural design theme” use comparative analysis to analogize the morphological development of an architectural compositional principle with the variations of a musical theme. The case study is the design of the temporary exhibition “Napoleon and the myth of Rome” in the archaeological complex of Trajan’s Markets - Museum of the Imperial Fora. This temporary exhibition, with more than 100 works – including sculptures, paintings, prints, medals, gems, etc. - some from the same period as those in the permanent exhibition, has to dialogue with the archaeological complex and the permanent collection from its own identity. The team of architects who designed the installation of the temporary exhibition chose to start from a clear compositional principle that throughout the exhibition path loses, gains, sublimates, or simplifies elements as it adapts to the specifics of the space, program, lighting, and permanent collection pieces location, in order to discern the temporary exhibition from the permanent collection. Through this case study, we can see how each of the variations, in architecture as in music, reinforces and helps to achieve higher comprehensibility of the main theme.

Warren Chenaik, The myth of Rome in Shakespeare and his Contemporaries

Warren Chenaik, The myth of Rome in Shakespeare and his Contemporaries

From CAUR to EUR: Italian Fascism, the ‘myth of Rome’ and the pursuit of international primacy

ABSTRACTThe formation of Fascist Italy's international imaginary in the 1930s tells a fascinating story of growing global political ambition, of constant recalibration in the face of seismic geopolitical shifts and, in the end, a (frustrated) pursuit of symbolic primacy. Kallis discusses two different Fascist projects underpinned by this imaginary: first, the political project of internationalization promoted through instruments such as the Fasci Italiani all'Estero (Italian Fasci Abroad) and especially the Comitati d'Azione per l'Universalità di Roma (CAUR), as well as through direct diplomatic and political ties with an expanding circle of regimes in Europe and overseas; and, second, the pursuit of a deeper sense of historic-cultural primacy, linked to the idea of ‘Roman universality, which became the discursive lynchpin of the ill-fated plan to host a 1942 world’s fair in Rome (EUR/E42). The transformation of Fascism from a hyper-nationalist phenomenon into a force actively seeking international diffusion and finally ‘universality’ can be understood as a reflexive adjustment of Fascism’s ideological-political horizon, driven as much by new geopolitical opportunities and frustrations as by conquering ambition and ideological continuity. In fact, Italian Fascism’s trajectory from CAUR in the 1930s to EUR/E42 in the war-torn 1940s, unfolding against a backdrop of growing antagonism between Italy and Nazi Germany for global influence, retained a primary symbolic point of reference: the ideological, political and cultural-historic estate of the ‘myth of Rome’ as a symbolic discourse of trans-temporal and -spatial primacy.

Genesi di un ideale: Bruno Dudan e la romanità marittimista

This article analyses the influence of the «myth of Rome» among Italian intellectual and academic elites during the era of Mussolini. As it happened, this myth, which had been the main vehicle of fascist ideology towards the popular masses, affected the scientific writings of an important Venetian jurist and historian, Bruno Dudan (1905-1943), whose work constituted a significant corpus of articles and monographs dedicated to the history of the Republic of Venice and its institutions, with a particular focus on the Serenissima 's maritime colonies. By examining these publications' language and recurring themes, an attempt will be made to deconstruct the interpretative pattern adopted by Dudan to justify the original «Romanity» - and the consequent «Italianity» - of the Slavic and Greek territories that had once been subject to Venetian domination and had then become the target of the planned military expansion towards the Eastern Mediterranean pursued by Mussolini's regime. The result of this analysis is an original mythography in some way contradictory to fascist propaganda because of its complex intertwining with Dudan's personal ideals, the spreading Irredentist claims of his era, and the long-standing memories of the «myth of Venice»: along with these elements, in Dudan's view the «myth of Rome» constituted not only an ideological framework but a genealogical background as well.

The Myth of Rome in Shakespeare and His Contemporaries by Warren Chernaik

Journal Article Warren Chernaik. The Myth of Rome in Shakespeare and His Contemporaries. Get access The Myth of Rome in Shakespeare and His Contemporaries. By Warren Chernaik. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011. viii + 298. $99.99 cloth, $34.99 paper. Naomi Conn Liebler Naomi Conn Liebler Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Shakespeare Quarterly, Volume 66, Issue 3, Fall 2015, Pages 353–355, https://doi.org/10.1353/shq.2015.0038 Published: 01 October 2015

The Myth of ‘Christian Rome’ and the Institute of Roman Studies: An Attempted Synthesis of Fascism and Catholicism

The article offers a close reading of the numerous initiatives promoted by the Institute of Roman Studies, an institution operating in synergy with the political culture and imperial ambitions of the fascist regime by supporting and influencing its rhetoric of romanità and use of symbols and myths of the ‘Third Rome’. Namely, the article shows that during the 1930s some Italian intellectuals and the high ranks of the Vatican tried to find a synthesis between fascist and Catholic ideologies by means of the glorification of the myth of ‘Christian Rome’. The article shows that many Italian intellectuals thought there was a chance of finding a synthesis between the sacralization of politics and the politicization of religion through the myth of Rome. This chance became a mission with the rapprochement to Nazi Germany, with fascism clearly taking shape as a political religion, and during the Second World War. Despite its final failure, this ‘conciliatory’ attempt shows the complex and various relationships during the fascism between the processes of sacralization of politics and politicization of religion. Finally, the article could be a point of reflection on the various facets about the process of nationalization of Italians widespread during the fascist regime.

The myth of Rome in Shakespeare and his contemporaries

1. The Roman historians and the myth of Rome 2. The wronged Lucretian and the early Republic 3. Self-inflicted wounds 4. 'Like a colossus': Julius Caesar 5. Ben Jonson's Rome 6. Oerflowing the measure: Antony and Cleopatra 7. The city and the battlefield: Coriolanus 8. Tyranny and empire 9. Ancient Britons and Romans Bibliography.

The Myth of Rome's Fall. By Richard Mansfield Haywood.

<i>The Myth of Rome's Fall</i>. By Richard Mansfield Haywood.

The Myth of Rome's Fall

The Myth of Rome's Fall

The Myth of Rome's Fall

The Myth of Rome's Fall