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Helps us to discover the Roman Forum's history during and since antiquity, and that of the remarkable buildings which later centuries have added to this evocative place.

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The Roman Forum by David Watkin

There can be few more historic places in the world. Caesar was cremated there. Charles V and Mussolini rode by it in triumph. Napoleon celebrated his Festival of Liberty there. David Watkin's Forum is the site as it was famous for centuries, celebrated in the romantic views of the Grand Tour, not the archaeologists' building site it has become. He helps us rediscover the Forum's rich history during and since antiquity, and that of the remarkable buildings which later centuries have added to this evocative place.
In this sprightly volume..the distinguished architectural historian David Watkin charts the shifting fortunes of the site...Professor Watkin has an engagingly romantic feeling for the place... Deploying a good deal of sharp wit, he reveals how the relatively recent obsession with recovering the Forum's classical past has led to much unhappy destruction and much less scarcely happy invention. -- Matthew Sturgis * Country Life *
[H]e writes in an easily accessible, informative and lucid style that explains the history and details of the site but primarily celebrates the Forum as it should be seen... Well illustrated, this is an excellent guide for the visitor, armchair or otherwise. -- Peter Shaw * Italy Magazine *
In this clever and elegant little book the distinguished architectural historian David Watkin picks up the story where most traditional guide books end. His passionate, provocative and, at times, polemical account of the things 'the archaologists don't want us to see', provides a fascinating tour of the Forum's later history.... Deeply thought-provoking and consciously controversial, this is the perfect book to make us go back to Rome and consdier the things we have missed in the past. -- Thorston Opper * British Museum *
With verve, authority and no little humour, Watkin tells the detailed and complex story of this great but mutilated landmark... It is an almost impossible task, superbly done. -- Peter Jones * BBC History Magazine *
Another triumph... Dr Watkin can surely be included among the wonders of the modern art-historical world. -- Robin Simon * British Art Journal *
David Watkin is Professor of Architectural History at the University of Cambridge. He has written major studies of architects like Soane and Thomas Hope and the influential polemic Architecture and Morality.
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ISBN 13 9781861979629
ISBN 10 1861979622
Title The Roman Forum
Author David Watkin
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Binding type Hardback
Publisher Profile Books Ltd
Year published 2009-04-30
Number of pages 240
Cover note Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.
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