Roman Mornings

By: James Lees-Milne

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Paperback | 21 April 1998

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The author writes in his introduction that evening is the magical moment to wander about Rome: "That is the moment to see the city of conflicting moods as it always has been and still is, hateful and holy, wicked and wise, pagan and papal, sometimes so beautiful that it is scarcely to be endured, and always quite inscrutable. That is the supreme moment to rhapsodize and pay homage, to make the final assault upon the hidden secret of Rome''s eternal decay, and to be deliciously deceivedâ¦ The early morning on the other hand is more to our purpose, for it is not at all romantic." The early morning serves to light for Lees-Milne the eight Roman buildingsâ"from the somber Pantheon first built by Marcus Agrippa in 27 B.C. to the Trevi fountain, whose waters were brought to Rome via aqueduct by the same Agrippa, but whose completion had to await the eighteenth centuryâ"that are in the author''s opinion the chef architectural monuments of the city. All of them, he says, are powerful archetypes, and two among them, the Pantheon and the Tempietto, have individual features that are reflected in practically every town in Europe, the British Commonwealth, and America.

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A brief, lyrical introduction.--Michael Webb "L.A. Architect "

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Non-Fiction Arts & Entertainment Architecture History of Architecture History of Art & Design Styles Ancient & Classical Art Biographies & True Stories Biographies Fiction Modern & Contemporary Fiction Travel & Holidays

Introduction
Ancient Roman: The Pantheon	p. 1
Early Christian: Santa Costanza	p. 23
Romanesque: Santa Maria in Cosmedin	p. 44
Renaissance I: Il Tempietto	p. 63
Renaissance II: Palazzo Pietro Massimo alle Colonne	p. 79
Baroque I: Sant' Andrea al Quirinale	p. 99
Baroque II: San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane	p. 116
Rococo: Trevi Fountain	p. 135
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