The work

Engraved view of the Spanish Steps in Rome.

Vasi's Views of Ancient and Modern Rome show a personification of Rome in a 3-volume series of ten books. Engraved by Vasi, with a descriptive text that provides historical and documentary information for each view, written by Vasi and Giuseppe Bianchini in Book I. Published between 1747 and 1761, it is composed of 200 tables, 30 internal views and 3 plans in Book I and two plans in Book of text - pages XXIX and XXX of Vol. 3, Book 10. The books are organized by themes dedicated to a particular architectural aspect of Rome: 1. Doors and walls; 2. Squares, obelisks, columns &c.; 3. Basilicas and ancient churches; 4. Buildings and streets; 5. Bridges and buildings over the Tiber; 6. Parish churches; 7. Convents and houses of the clergy; 8. Female monasteries; 9. Colleges, hospitals and charitable foundations; 10. Villas and gardens. Engraved views showing cities, landmarks, buildings, plants, shrubs, figures, carriages and animals. The ten panels on the title page are all unsigned. Each book has a dedication note by Vasi, a preface and an index. The publishers were: Stamperia del Chracas; Apollo Printing Plant; Niccolo and Marco Pagliarini and Eredi Barbiellini. Vasi's Roman views became popular outside Italy in the second half of the 18th century. In the inscription, Vasi describes himself as an 'Arcadian painter, engraver, architect and shepherd', that is, a member of the Academy of the Arcadians. The Academy was a literary and social club made up not only of authors and poets, but also of members of the professional classes, ecclesiastics and aristocrats interested in literature and modern science.

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CHARACTERISTICS

Print on handmade Amalfi paper with frame
Sheet size: 30 x 42 cm
With frame: 32 x 44 cm;
Material: work printed on very fine handmade Amalfi paper with fringed edges, handmade beech wood frame

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