Rome. Portrait of a City | TASCHEN

The photographs in the book come from photographers such as Giacomo Caneva, Pompeo Molins, Giuseppe Primoli, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Carlo Bavagnoli, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Pasquale De Antonis, Peter Lindbergh, Slim Aarons and William Klein. Their photos in this book will help you discover Rome in its many impressive guises, as the center of the Roman Empire, as one of the cradles of the Renaissance, as a favorite destination for travelers and a rich mosaic of different neighborhoods, as the seat of the Roman Catholic Church, a stage for politics, and as the perfect backdrop for film and fashion shoots. Some of the book's earliest images offer a view of Rome's most treasured monuments, the Colosseum, the Forum Romanum and the Spanish Steps, almost devoid of crowds. Then, from later years, there are pictures with contrasts of the city, from the luxurious houses to the street stalls and laundries in the working-class districts of Trastevere and Testaccio. With the advent of color photography, the city moves from a neorealist aesthetic to a post-war revival and a golden-age spirit in the form of glamorous gowns, celebrities, and the café culture of Via Veneto immortalized by Fellini. You'll also meet familiar faces in the book, including Louis Armstrong, Elizabeth Taylor, Audrey Hepburn, Marcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Anna Magnani and Valentino.

Size: 25 x 34 cm, number of pages 486, hardcover, the book is written in English, French, German.

The book is displayed as a decoration in our shop.