ROMAPEDIA

This guide book is a work of synthesis and anthology of the most authoritative and reliable sources of facts about the art of Rome and its surroundings.

It is an encyclopedic dictionary with 1,332 entries, including 485 churches, 278 palaces, and 152 museums.

It also includes a profusion of artistically or historically relevant buildings, monuments, archaeological sites as well as towns in the province of Rome, constituting one of the richest sources of information available in a single book about the art and history of the Eternal City.

The idea was to stick to facts and to give informations as much as possible precise, detailed and comprehensive.

This encyclopedic dictionary tries to answer primarily to the first questions that we ask ourselves when we confront a work of historical and artistic value:
What is it? How old is it? Who is the author? Why is it important? Why does it give us emotions?

Stories and relevant anecdotes have been added as well as an anthology of quotations and critical evaluations written by talented art historians that are, in the opinion of the editor, illuminating and revealing.

It will be available as an e-book in 2014.

Please checkout the ROMAPEDIA BLOG with entries posted daily.