Rome Is Love Spelled Backward by Judith Testa

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Rome Is Love Spelled Backward by Judith Testa

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A guide to the art, architecture and timeless human passion of Rome. It focuses on famous and forgotten monuments, and the artists and patrons who brought them into being. For Judith Testa, the ancient wordplay on "Roma" and "amor" holds the key to unravelling some fascinating cultural puzzles.

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Rome Is Love Spelled Backward by Judith Testa

A celebration of the art, architecture, and timeless human passion of the Eternal City, Rome Is Love Spelled Backward explores Rome's best-known treasures, often revealing secrets overlooked in conventional guidebooks. With the ancient play on "Roma" and "Amor"—ROMAMOR—Testa invites readers to experience the world's long love affair with one of its most beautiful cities.

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With a text both scholarly and entertaining, Testa has produced a guide useful for the serious student and passionate sightseerThe text is characterized by both lucidity and a sincere love of the subject matter, and this makes the book a pleasure to read and also a wonderful guide for travelers to Rome.

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ISBN 13 9780875805764
ISBN 10 0875805760
Title Rome Is Love Spelled Backward
Author Judith Testa
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Cornell University Press
Year published 1998-04-01
Number of pages 303
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

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