TY  - BOOK
AU  - Testa,Judith
TI  - Rome Is Love Spelled Backward: Enjoying Art and Architecture in the Eternal City 
SN  - 9781501757518
AV  - N6920 .T47 1998
U1  - 709/.45/32 23
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Ithaca, NY : 
PB  - Cornell University Press, 
KW  - Architecture
KW  - Italy
KW  - Rome
KW  - Art, Italian
KW  - Architecture & Preservation
KW  - Art History
KW  - History
KW  - Travel Guides & Travel Writing
KW  - ARCHITECTURE / History / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - travel guide Rome, Italian travel guide, Rome Italy
N1  - Frontmatter --; Map of Rome --; CONTENTS --; Introduction --; PART I ·ANCIENT ROME --; 1 The Roman Forum --; 2 The Ara Pacis Augustae --; 3 The Colosseum --; 4 When Rome Ruled the World --; 5 The Pantheon --; 6 Castel Sant' Angelo --; 7 The Baths of Caracalla and of Diocletian --; 8 The Walls of Mighty Rome --; 9 Rome's Indispensable Aqueducts --; PART II · EARLY CHRISTIAN AND MEDIEVAL ROME --; 10 The Christian Catacombs --; 11 The Jewish Catacombs --; 12 St. John Lateran --; 13 S. Maria Maggiore --; 14 S. Prassede --; 15 S. Clemente --; PART III · LATE MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE ROME --; 16 S. Maria sopra Minerva --; 17 Pope Julius II --; 18 Raphael in Rome: The Vatican Frescoes --; 19 Raphael in Rome: The Villa Farnesina --; 20 Leo X and Clement VII --; 21 Pope Paul III and His Art Patronage --; 22 St. Peter's --; 23 The Sistine Chapel --; 24 Michelangelo's Last Judgment --; 25 The Rome ofSt. Ignatius Loyola --; 26 Pope Sixtus V and His Urban Planning --; PART IV · BAROQYE ROME --; 27 Caravaggio --; 28 Caravaggio Up Close --; 29 Gianlorenzo Bernini --; 30 Bernini at St. Peter's --; 31 The Architecture of Francesco Borromini --; 32 The Trevi Fountain --; PART V · MODERN ROME --; 33 The Quartiere Coppede --; 34 Mussolini's "Third Rome" --; 35 The Shrines of Rome's Modern Martyrs --; Notes --; Bibliography --; List of Illustrations --; Acknowledgments --; Index --; About the Author; restricted access
N2  - A celebration of the art, architecture, and timeless human passion of the Eternal City, Rome Is Love Spelled Backward explores Rome's best-known treasures, often revealing secrets overlooked in conventional guidebooks. With the ancient play on "Roma" and "Amor"—ROMAMOR—Testa invites readers to experience the world's long love affair with one of its most beautiful cities
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501757518
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501757518
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501757518/original
ER  -