Rome : the eternal city

Rome, The Eternal City TWO VOLUMES IN ONE Contents Volume I Preface v I. The Approach to Rome 1 II. The Pincian Hill and the Campus Martius 9 III. Along the Tiber 72 IV. The Capitoline Hill 103 V. The Forum 122 VI. The Palatine and the Esquiline 181 VII. The Quirinal, the Viminal, and the Villa Borghese 212 VIII. The Baths of Caracalla, the Appian Way, the Coelian, and the Colosseum 236 The Emperors of Rome 277 Volume II I. The Story of Papal Rome i II. The Earlier Churches 30 III. The Greater St. Mary's and the Suburban Churches of St. Lawrence and St. Agnes 63 IV. St. Paul's and St. Peter's 82 V. A Morning in the Vatican — Ancient Art 135 VI. The Vatican and Other Galleries : Renaissance and Modern Art 200 The Bishops and Popes of Rome 263 Index 267 List of Illustrations Volume I. The Arch of Titus Frontispiece The Campagna, Showing the Claudian Aqueduct 5 General View from the Pincian Hill 13 The Fountain of Moses, on the Pincian Hill 23 Map of Rome facing 28 The Mausoleum of Hadrian 33 The Tower of the Monkey 39 The Column of Marcus Aurelius 43 The Pantheon 49 Statue of Pasquino 57 The Farnese Palace 61 The Temple of Mater Matuta 73 Santa Maria in Cosmedin 77 The Tiber 83 Map of Ancient Rome facing 92 The Pyramid of Gaius Cestius, and the Ostian Gate 95 The Tombs of Keats and Severn 99 Piazza del Campidoglio 105 The Tarpeian Rock 109 Plan of the Neighbourhood of the Forum facing 122 The Temple of Castor and Pollux 127 The House of the Vestals 133 The Colosseum, Seen through the Arch of Titus 139 The Arch of Constantine 145 The Forum, from Santa Francesca Romana 149 The Basilica of Constantine 153 The Basilica Emilia 157 The " Black Stone," and the Arch of Septimius Severus 165 The Roman Forum (A Restoration by Professor E. Becchetti) 175 The House of Caligula and the Palatine Hill 183 The House of Tiberius and the Temple of Cybele 187 The House of Gelotius 193 The Temple of Mars Ultor 205 The Forum of Trajan 209 The Baths of Diocletian and Santa Maria degli Angeli 213 The Quirinal Palace 221 The Fountain of Trevi 227 The Villa Borghese 231 The Baths of Caracalla 237 The Columbaria in the Vigna Codini 243 The Tomb of Cecilia Metella 249 The Via Appia Nova and the Claudian Aqueduct 255 The Interior of San Stefano Rotondo 261 The Interior of the Colosseum 269 View from the Dome of St. Peter's 131 The Spanish Stairs 137 Myron. — Diskobolos Alkamenes. — Head of Hera 147 Skopas. — Niobe's Daughter 151 Praxiteles. — Faun 155 Attic School. — Diskobolos 159 Lysippos. — Apoxyomenos 163 The Laokoon 167 The Dying Gaul 171 The Apollo Belvedere 175 The Torso of the Belvedere 179 The Hermes, or Antinous, Belvedere 183 Fresco from the House of Germanicus 197 Fra Angelico. — The Trial of St. Lawrence 205 Botticelli. — Moses and Jethro's Daughters 209 School of Leonardo da Vinci. — Christ Bestowing His Blessing 215 Michelangelo. — Christ Bearing the Cross 219 Michelangelo. — The Last Judgment 223 Raphael. — The Disputa 231 Raphael. — The Fire in the Borgo 235 Titian. — Sacred and Profane Love 241 Domenichino. — Last Communion of St. Jerome 247 Canova. — Tomb of "The Last of the Stuarts" 253 Digitized by Google.
Includes index