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Rome 1960 : The Olympics That Changed The World

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David MaranissPublication Details
Book1st Simon & Schuster hardcover edSimon & Schuster2008Links
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From the critically acclaimed and bestselling author David Maraniss, a groundbreaking book that weaves sports, politics, and history into a tour de force about the 1960 Rome Olympics, eighteen days of theater, suspense, victory, and defeat David Maraniss draws compelling portraits of the athletes competing in Rome, including some of the most honored in Olympic history: decathlete Rafer Johnson, sprinter Wilma Rudolph, Ethiopian marathoner Abebe Bikila, and Louisville boxer Cassius Clay, who at eighteen seized the world stage for the first time, four years before he became Muhammad Ali. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) GV722 1960 .M37 2008 AVAILABLE
Stupendous, Miserable City : Pasolini’s Rome

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John David RhodesPublication Details
BookUniversity of Minnesota Press2007Links
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LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) PN1998.3.P367 R54 2007 AVAILABLE
Palladio’s Rome : A Translation Of Andrea Palladio’s Two Guidebooks To Rome

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by Vaughan Hart and Peter HicksPublication Details
BookYale University Press2006Links
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Andrea Palladio (1508 (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) NA1120 .P33 2006 AVAILABLE
The Foundation Of Rome

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Augusto Fraschetti ; translated from the Italian by Marian Hill and Kevin WindlePublication Details
BookEdinburgh University Press2005Description
Augusto Fraschetti describes the legends surrounding the origins, foundation and early history of Rome, the significance the Romans attached to the legends of their origins, and the uses to which they put them. Both played a significant role in Roman thought and identity, preoccupying generations of Roman historians and providing an important theme in Roman poetry. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) DG233.3 .F7313 2005 AVAILABLE
The Seven Hills Of Rome : A Geological Tour Of The Eternal City

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Grant Heiken, Renato Funiciello, and Donatella De RitaPublication Details
BookPrinceton University Press2005Links
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Over the years, historians, political analysts, and sociologists have discussed this question ad infinitum, without considering one underlying factor that led to the rise of Rome–the geology now hidden by the modern city. This book demonstrates the important link between the history of Rome and its geologic setting in a lively, fact-filled narrative sure to interest geology and history buffs and travelers alike. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) DG804 .H445 2005 AVAILABLE
The Marvel Of Maps : Art, Cartography And Politics In Renaissance Italy

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Francesca FioraniPublication Details
BookYale University Press2005Links
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Among the most beautiful and compelling works of Renaissance art, painted maps adorned the halls and galleries of princely palaces. Art historian Francesca Fiorani focuses on two of the most significant and marvelous surviving Italian map murals–the Guardaroba Nuova of the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, commissioned by Duke Cosimo de? (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) DG445 .F56 2005 AVAILABLE
Constantine & Rome

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R. Ross HollowayPublication Details
BookYale University Press2004Links
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Constantine the Great (285?337) played a crucial role in mediating between the pagan, imperial past of the city of Rome, which he conquered in 312, and its future as a Christian capital. He then focuses on the structure, style, and significance of important monuments: the Arch of Constantine and the two great Christian basilicas, St. John?s in the Lateran and St. Peter?s, as well as the imperial mausoleum at Tor Pignatara. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) NA5620.A1 H65 2004 AVAILABLE
Historical Atlas Of Ancient Rome

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Nick ConstablePublication Details
BookCheckmark Books2003Description
The rise and fall of the Roman World is one of the most fascinating stories in history. This book traces the historical, cultural and political development of the small Iron Age tribe on the banks of the River Tiber who developed into the rulers of an empire that dominated the Western world. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS OVERSIZE (UPPER) DG209 .C6645 2003 AVAILABLE
Christian Rome : Early Christian Rome : Catacombs And Basilicas

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[by Philippe Pergola ; English translation by A. Potter]Publication Details
BookVision2000Description
This new book in the popular Past and Present series explores historic sites in Christian Rome. Important monuments and districts are illustrated as they appear today, while overlays indicate how these sites probably looked when first built, making this book an excellent resources for travelers, students, and anyone interested in the fascinating history of this region. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) DG807.4 .P48 2000 AVAILABLE
Art History In The Age Of Bellori : Scholarship And Cultural Politics In Seventeenth-century Rome

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edited by Janis Bell, Thomas WillettePublication Details
BookCambridge University Press2002Description
As a frank, unbiased reevaluation of its subject, the study contributes to a more nuanced understanding of Bellori’s place in seventeenth-century letters and politics, art criticism, and antiquarian studies. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) N7483.B375 A89 2002 AVAILABLE
The Urban Development Of Rome In The Age Of Alexander VII

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Dorothy Metzger HabelPublication Details
BookCambridge University Press2002Description
Habel considers the urban development of Rome in the mid-seventeenth century under Alexander VII, suggesting that the Chigi pope masterminded a new conceptualization of the city grounded in the architectural formulas of late antique Roman Asia. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) NA9204.R7 M46 2002 AVAILABLE
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