The Museum of Rome Tells the Story of the City: A Concise Guide by Staff of the Museum of Rome - 2010-04-15

Paperback. New. he Museum of Rome Tells the Story of the City: A Concise Guide

Roma, Gangemi Editore 2002. Original publisher's sewn paperback, pictorial front- & backcover, 8vo: 192pp. very richly illustrated, notes & references, general bibliography, index. - as new.

Roma: Gangemi Editore, 2003. English Text. Roma, 2003; paperback, pp. 192, ill., cm 15x21. (Arte, Arredamento, Disegno). With changing fortunes, marked by historical events and by the evolution of its original inspiring criteria, the complex and, in some ways, troubled history of the Museum of Rome unravelled throughout the twentieth century. On the other hand, all the difficulties and ambiguities which would characterise its journey were already implicit in the ambitious task of wanting to set up a Museum which was able to reconstruct in an exhaustive manner, into a single large fresco, the secular history of Rome, from the city of the popes to the young capital of Italy. In fact, at the time of the inauguration of the Museum of Rome in 1930, Antonio Muñoz, the then Director of Antiquities and Fine Arts of the Governorship of Rome, whilst proudly claiming responsibility for the much awaited implementation and layout of the Museum, felt the need to justify its institution in a city like… Read More

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.