Ancient Rome and the Modern Italian State - Ideological Placemaking, Archaeology, and Architecture, 1870-1945

"This book explores how the city was transformed to accommodate different political ideologies in the period from 1870 to the end of World War II. It offers a new approach to understanding the sophisticated relationships between archeology, urban planning, and politics within the city of Rome"--

List of contents

List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Structure of the Book; 1. Placemaking: an introduction; 2. Ideological placemaking: narratives and agents (1870-1945); 3. Post-unification placemaking (1870-1922); 4. Reclaiming historical identities of four classical monuments; 5. The fascist placemaking of four classical monuments (1922-1945); 6. The fascist ideological placemaking: new architecture; 7. Afterword; References; Index.

About the author

Alessandro Sebastiani is Assistant Professor of Roman Archaeology at the University at Buffalo (State University of New York). His research interests span from the Etruscan to the medieval periods, with a focus on the archaeology of Roman Tuscany. He is a former Marie Sklodowska-Curie Intra European Fellow at the University of Sheffield and has participated in numerous excavation projects across the Mediterranean. Most recently, he has been directing the Interconnected Mobility of People and Economy along the River Ombrone (IMPERO) Project in Etruria.

Product details

• Authors: Alessandro Sebastiani, Alessandro (State University of New Yo Sebastiani, Alessandro (State University of New York Sebastiani, Sebastiani Alessandro
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2023
• EAN: 9781009354103
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0935410-3
• No. of pages: 350
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Urban, spatial and country planning; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, ART / History / Ancient & Classical, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, ART / European, ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Italy, History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, c 1800 to c 1900, History of Art, History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -, Urban & municipal planning, Ancient Rome, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Social and cultural anthropology, Archaeology by period / region, Art & design styles: c 1900 to c 1960, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology