Main entry:

Zorach, Rebecca, 1969-

Title & Author:

The virtual tourist in Renaissance Rome : printing and collecting the Speculum romanae magnificentiae / Rebecca Zorach with contributions by Nina Dubin [and others].

Publication:

Chicago : Joseph Regenstein Library, 2008.

Description:

184 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition held September 24, 2007-February 11, 2008, Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-184).
The virtual tourist in Renaissance Rome--and beyond / Rebecca Zorach -- Three prints of inscriptions -- Antonio Lafreri and his contact with Jean Matal / Birte Rubach -- Printing and protecting ancient remains in the Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae / David Karmon -- Restoration and translation in Juan de Valverde's Historia de la composision del cuerpo humano / Rose Marie San Juan -- The public utility of prints / Rebecca Zorach -- Anti-edifice: Jean Barbault's Rome moderne / Nina Dubin.

Summary:

In 1540 Antonio Lafreri, a native of Besançon transplanted to Rome, began publishing maps and other printed images that depicted major monuments and antiquities in Rome. These prints - of statues and ruined landscapes, inscriptions and ornaments, reconstructed monuments and urban denizens - evoked ancient Rome and appealed to the taste for classical antiquity that defined the Renaissance. Collections of these prints came to be known as the Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae, the "Mirror of Roman Magnificence." Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the University of Chicago Library's Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae, the largest collection of its kind in the world, The Virtual Tourist in Renaissance Rome places these prints in their historical context and examines their publishing history. Editor Rebecca Zorach traces their journey from their creators and publishers to pilgrims, collectors, antiquarians, and dealers - "virtual tourists" who, over several centuries, revisited and reinvented the Renaissance image of Rome.

Resources:
Table of contents
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Inhaltsverzeichnis

ISBN:

9780943056371 (paperback)
0943056373 (paperback)

Subject:

Lafréry, Antoine, 1512-1577. Speculum romanae magnificentiae Exhibitions.
Lafréry, Antoine. Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae Ausstellungskatalog.
Lafréry, Anton, 1512-1577.
Lafréry, Antoine. Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae.
Architecture Italy Rome Exhibitions.
Engraving, Italian Italy Rome 16th century Exhibitions.
Architecture Italie Rome Expositions.
Gravure italienne Italie Rome 16e siècle Expositions.
15.52 Roman Empire.
Antiquities.
Architecture.
Buildings.
Engraving, Italian.
Travel.
Rom
Vedute
Graphik Motiv Rom Ausstellungskatalog.
Tourismus.
Andenken.
Graphik.
Rome (Italy) Description and travel Exhibitions.
Rome (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc. Exhibitions.
Rome Antiquities Exhibitions.
Rome (Italie) Descriptions et voyages Expositions.
Rome Antiquités Expositions.
Italy Rome.
Rome (Empire)
Rom Motiv Graphik Ausstellungskatalog.
Rom (Motiv)

Form/genre:

Ausstellung Chicago (Ill.) 2007.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

University of Chicago. Library. Special Collections Research Center.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 257373
Call No.: BIB 187857
Status: Available