Archaeology, Ideology, and Urbanism in Rome from the Grand Tour to Berlusconi

Stephen L. Dyson

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN:
  9780521874595
• eBook ISBN:
  9781108631143
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Archaeology
• Index: Social Sciences

Rome is one of the world's greatest archaeological sites, preserving many major monuments of the classical past. It is also a city with an important post-Roman history and home to both the papacy and the modern Italian state. Archaeologists have studied the ruins, and popes and politicians have used them for propaganda programs. Developers and preservationists have fought over what should and should not be preserved. This book tells the story of those complex, interacting developments over the past three centuries, from the days of the Grand Tour through the arrival of the fascists, which saw more destruction but also an unprecedented use of the remains for political propaganda. In post-war Rome, urban development predominated over archaeological preservation and much was lost. However, starting in the 1970s, preservationists have fought back, saving much and making the city into Europe's most important case study in historical preservation and historical loss.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Dedication
• Contents
• List of Figures
• Preface
• Introduction
• 1 Rome in the Eighteenth Century
• 2 French Intervention and Papal Reaction
• 3 Archaeology and Urbanism in the Waning Decades of Papal Rome
• 4 Archaeology and Urbanism in Rome during the Early Decades of the National State
• 5 Development and Challenge to Archaeology in Roma Capitale
• 6 Museums, Markets, and Displays in the New Rome
• 7 Archaeology and Urbanism in Fascist Rome
• 8 Mostras and Museums in Fascist Rome
• 9 Quietism, Conformity, and Chaos: Urbanism and Archaeology in the 1950s and 1960s
• 10 A New Generation, a New Politics, and a New Archaeology
• 11 The Apex and End of an Era: The Giubileo, the Ara Pacis, and the Twilight of the Heirs of Bianchi Bandinelli
• Afterword
• Bibliography
• Index