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Book of the Week: Sturgis's book explains just what Rome's visitors have been looking at through the ages - the buildings, the statues, the paintings, the artefacts that have most impressed each generation of travellers from the time of the Roman Republic in the 2nd Century BC to the present age for mass tourism.
(Mail on Sunday )[Sturgis] writes fluently with a nice light touch.
(Sunday Telegraph )Expertly entertaining… few books on Rome have more successfully captured its multiple incarnations, as an earthly paradise for medieval pilgrims and relic-hunters, as a drawing board for the Renaissance pope Sixtus V, whose mercilessly brilliant civic reordering restored its metropolitan splendour, or as a haven for Grand Tourists, notching up connoisseur credits while admiring the Laocoon, the Farnese Hercules or the Apollo Belvedere.
(Literary Review )Since Sturgis's history is of the sightseer's city, it deals mostly in superficial impressions - frustrating for those who insist on being 'travellers' rather than 'tourists' in the past. For the rest of us, 'When in Rome' is full of interest and delight.
(Scotsman )Fascinating and fastidious.
(West End Extra )His style is subtle, poised and as uplifting as a glass of prosecco.
(Lady )Sturgis has written a book which is as stylish as it is scholarly, and he has written it out of a deep and practised affection for the place, and with an intelligent eye to the ways in which Rome has informed our changing constructions of subjectivity over the centuries. 'When in Rome' is a pleasure to read as Sturgis is so good at creating the distinct historical atmospheres of different tourist Romes.
(Times Literary Supplement )A totally original way of writing about the inexhaustible subject of Rome… Stugis is a wonderful guide, the writing is always sprightly, and even if you think you know Rome and its history backwards, here is a book which will contain a surprise on every page.
(A.N. Wilson Spectator )As witty and readable as it is erudite. In nine crisp chapters he drives a vast cast of travellers through the changing sights of the Eternal City and shows how what we look at reflects who we are.
(Daily Telegraph )A really good read... highly recommended as a bedside or armchair companion.
(Building Design )The perfect book to take when visiting the Italian capital.
(A.N. Wilson Reader's Digest )Product Description
There is no place like Rome. Throughout its long, long history, its many changes in form and fortune, Rome has always been a tourist centre. In every age - Classical, Christian, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassical, Romantic, Modern, people have flocked to see its wonders. This is the story of what Rome's visitors have looked at over the past two thousand years, the buildings, the statues, the paintings, the artefacts that have most impressed each generation of travellers from the time of the Roman Republic in the second century BC up to the present age of mass tourism. It is the history both of how Rome has changed with the centuries and how the taste of those who have visited the city has changed with it.
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The subject matter of this book is fascinating and the author does an excellent job of describing the 'history of tourism' in Rome for the past 2000 years.
The scope of the book is extremely amibitious, and to comprehensively discuss the matter would take many many books, but the author managed to summarize the subject very succinctly. The text was light and easy to read while being very informative. It was a true joy to read.
Of course, there were some areas that I would have liked to see a little more detail, but the book had many interesting things to tell me that I wasn't aware of.
The author set himself an impossible mission and succeeded admirably. I am impressed.
If you have any interest in ancient art and how artistic taste changed during the centuries I can't recommend this book enough.
One pet peeve tough, when you visit the Sistine Chapel, you can indeed enter St. Peter's Basilica directly by taking the exit on the right, however ONLY if you're part of guide group.
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