从古代到现代罗马公共空间透视

本书为对城市历史感兴趣的读者提供了一本关于罗马这座典型西方城市公共空间演变的论文集。专门研究不同历史时期的学者撰写了一些章节，以便找到共同的主题，这些主题贯穿于西方文明最复杂的城市历史之一。本书分为五个年代学部分（古代、中世纪、文艺复兴、巴洛克、现代和当代），首先讨论了古典罗马法中公共空间的定义，以及古代城市管理者如何组织这些空间的维护，然后探讨了中世纪如何重新定义和解释这一遗产。第三组文章探讨了文艺复兴时期，教皇对世仇家庭施加的秩序如何帮助引入了一个新的城市规划，该规划既能满足功能性需求，又能满足象征性需求。第四部分展示了现代罗马如何继续对公共空间的控制和管理表现出强烈的兴趣，在这座幅员辽阔的城市，公共空间的定义必然是选择性的。本集以一篇关于振兴罗马东部边缘的当代辩论的文章结尾。通过这种长期的按时间顺序排列的方法，本书对欧洲最重要的城市之一的城市发展提供了一个真正独特的见解，并在结束时讨论了公共空间在城市历史上作为驱动力服务了这么多个世纪后今天所面临的挑战。
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Perspectives on Public Space in Rome, from Antiquity to the Present Day
This volume provides readers interested in urban history with a collection of essays on the evolution of public space in that paradigmatic western city which is Rome. Scholars specialized in different historical periods contributed chapters, in order to find common themes which weave their way through one of the most complex urban histories of western civilization. Divided into five chronological sections (Antiquity, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Modern and Contemporary) the volume opens with the issue of how public space was defined in classical Roman law and how ancient city managers organized the maintenance of these spaces, before moving on to explore how this legacy was redefined and reinterpreted during the Middle Ages. The third group of essays examines how the imposition of papal order on feuding families during the Renaissance helped introduce a new urban plan which could satisfy both functional and symbolic needs. The fourth section shows how modern Rome continued to express strong interest in the control and management of public space, the definition of which was necessarily selective in this vastly extensive city. The collection ends with an essay on the contemporary debate for revitalizing Rome’s eastern periphery. Through this long-term chronological approach the volume offers a truly unique insight into the urban development of one of Europe’s most important cities, and concludes with a discuss of the challenges public space faces today after having served for so many centuries as a driving force in urban history.
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