Roma

The aim of this volume is the pure celebration of the majesty of Rome; Mimmo Jodice devoted himself to photographing Rome over a two-year period, between 2005 and 2007. The volume includes ninety-two pictures revealing all the different souls of the city, from the ancient ruins, to the modern city, going through the glory of the Renaissance and the splendours of the Baroque. These photographs can help the reader to discover the real essence of the eternal and unchangeable city. Text in English and Italian. AUTHOR: Mimmo Jodice was born in Naples in 1934 and is considered to be one of the great names in the history of Italian photography. Richard Burdett, Centennial Professor in Architecture and Urbanism at the London School of Economics, is chief adviser on architecture and urbanism for the London 2012 Olympics. Previously, he was architectural adviser to the Mayor of London, a member of the Greater London Authority's Architecture and Urbanism Unit, and he sat on the City of Barcelona's Quality Committee. Cornelia Lauf is art historian and curator, with a PhD at Columbia University, New York. She teaches at the faculty of Arts and Design at IUAV in Venice, and has collaborated with many public institutions among which the American Academy in Rome, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Getty Research Center in Santa Monica and Harvard University in Cambridge. 92 b/w illustrations