The waters of Rome : aqueducts, fountains, and the birth of the Baroque city / Katherine Wentworth Rinne.

Main entry:

Rinne, Katherine Wentworth, author.

Title & Author:

The waters of Rome : aqueducts, fountains, and the birth of the Baroque city / Katherine Wentworth Rinne.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2010.

Description:

x, 262 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Tiber's flow -- The Acqua Vergine and the Renovatio Romae -- Surveying the city, distributing the water -- The fountains of Giacomo della Porta -- Undercurrents and water lust -- Irrigating the Seven Hills -- Trickle down : the hierarchy of water -- Currency of cardinals -- Streets and drains.

Summary:

In this pioneering study of the water infrastructure of Renaissance Rome, urban historian Katherine Rinne offers a new understanding of how technological and scientific developments in aqueduct and fountain architecture helped turn a medieval backwater into the preeminent city of early modern Europe. Supported by the author's extensive topographical research, this book presents a unified vision of the city that links improvements to public and private water systems with political, religious, and social change.
Between 1560 and 1630, in a spectacular burst of urban renewal, Rome's religious and civil authorities sponsored the construction of aqueducts, private and public fountains for drinking, washing, and industry, and the magnificent ceremonial fountains that are Rome's glory. Tying together the technological, sociopolitical, and artistic questions that faced the designers during an age of turmoil in which the Catholic Church found its authority threatened and the infrastructure of the city was in a state of decay, Rinne shows how these public works projects transformed Rome in a successful marriage of innovative engineering and strategic urban planning--Book Jacket.

ISBN:

9780300155303
0300155301

Subject:

Fountains Italy Rome.
Aqueducts Italy Rome.
Water-supply Italy Rome History.
Technology Social aspects Italy Rome History.
Fontaines Italie Rome.
Aqueducs Italie Rome.
Eau Approvisionnement Italie Rome Histoire.
Aqueducts
Buildings
Fountains
Technology Social aspects
Water-supply
Wasserversorgung Rom Geschichte 16. Jh.
Wasserversorgung Rom Geschichte 17. Jh.
Städtebau.
Wasserversorgung.
Wasserbau.
Brunnen.
Aquädukt.
Water-supply Italy Rome.
Vattenförsörjning historia Italien Rom.
Rome (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc.
Italy Rome
Rom Brunnen Geschichte 16. Jh.
Rom Aquädukt Geschichte 16. Jh.
Rom Brunnen Geschichte 17. Jh.
Rom Aquädukt Geschichte 17. Jh.
Rom.

Form/genre:

architectural drawings (visual works)
illustrated books.
Informational works
Illustrated works
Architectural drawings
History
Dessins d'architecture.
Documents d'information.
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Aqueducts, fountains, and the birth of the Baroque city

Holdings:

Location: Library main 271249
Call No.: BIB 204185
Status: Available

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