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Rome: Profile of a City, 312-1308
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Rome: Profile of a City, 312-1308 Paperback - 2000

by Richard Krautheimer; Foreword by Marvin Trachtenberg

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From the publisher

In this classic study, surveying the city's life from Christian Antiquity through the Middle Ages, Richard Krautheimer focuses on monuments of art and architecture as they reflect the historical events, the ideological currents, and the meaning Rome held for its contemporaries. Lavishly illustrated, this book tells an intriguing story in which the heritage of antiquity intertwines with the living presence of Christianity. Written by one of the great art historians of our time, it offers a profile of the Eternal City unlike any drawn in the past or likely to be drawn in the future.

"Krautheimer was never (or only rarely) interested in studying heavily researched subjects, in valorizing what was already valorized, in reconquering what had long been conquered and reconquered. He was at heart a pioneer, a discoverer, a master of uncharted scholarly terrain in an age when so many things art historical were thought to be understood."--From the preface by Marvin Trachtenberg
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Details

  • Title Rome: Profile of a City, 312-1308
  • Author Richard Krautheimer; Foreword by Marvin Trachtenberg
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Subsequent
  • Pages 416
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey
  • Publication date March 20, 2000
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780691049618 / 0691049610
  • Weight 2.78 lbs (1.26 kg)
  • Dimensions 11.18 x 8.38 x 1.17 in (28.40 x 21.29 x 2.97 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
    • Cultural Region: Italy
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
  • Category Art & Art Instruction
  • Library of Congress subjects Church history - Middle Ages, 600-1500, Rome (Italy) - History - 476-1420
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 99053723
  • Dewey Decimal Code 945.632

About the author

Richard Krautheimer was Professor at the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University. He authored numerous works, including The Rome of Alexander VII, 1655-1667 and Lorenzo Ghiberti (both Princeton).

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