Nuova raccolta delle megliori vedute antiche, e moderne di Roma

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Label

Nuova raccolta delle megliori vedute antiche, e moderne di Roma

Statement of responsibility

designate ed incise da Giovanni Cassini

Creator

• Cassini, Gio. Ma., (Giovanni Maria), 1745-approximately 1824

Contributor

• Monaldini, Venanzio
• Monaldini, Giuseppe Antonio, active 18th century
• Pallotta, Guglielmo, 1727-1795

Bookseller

• Monaldini, Venanzio

Dedicatee

• Pallotta, Guglielmo, 1727-1795

Publisher

• Monaldini, Venanzio

Subject

• Rome (Italy) -- Pictorial works | Early works to 1800
• Pictorial works
• Rome (Italy) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works | Early works to 1800
• Buildings
• Early works
• Engravings (prints) -- Italy -- 18th century

Genre

• Early works
• Early works to 1800
• Pictorial works
• Engravings (prints)

Language

ita

Summary

First edition, second issue (following the first issue of 1775) of 80 engraved views of Roman monuments by the artist and engraver Giovanni Maria Cassini, who learned his craft from none other than Giambattista Piranesi, and who would go on to win fame as an important map and globe-maker.

Cataloging source

CMalG

Citation location within source

• IV, no 30
• 3657

Citation source

• National Gallery of Art (U.S.). Mark J. Millard architectural collection
• Catalogo ragionato dei libri d'arte e d'antichità posseduti dal conte Cicognara

Illustrations

• illustrations
• plates

Index

no index present

LC call number

NE662.C32

LC item number

A5

Literary form

non fiction

Summary expansion

The "Nuova raccolta" includes a view of San Giovanni di Malta detto il Priorato (plate 13), one of the very few architectural designs of Piranesi to come to fruition, and a church considered to be the first Neoclassical building in Rome. Thematically, the book is divided according to type of building or structure: churches, piazzas, palazzos, fountains, ports, bridges, entryways, arches, portals, and gates (including city gates, garden gates, etc.), arches, baths, aqueducts, tombs, temples, and a miscellany of top tourist attractions such as the Colosseum, Trajan's Column, and Theater of Marcellus. As stated in the title, these images are all proper "vedute," that is, the monuments are depicted in the context of the surrounding structures (adjacent or connecting buildings, piazzas, fountains, columns, obelisks, etc.) and many of the scenes include people admiring the monuments--walking, mounted on horseback, or riding in carriages. Cassini's are some of the last "vedute" by a notable artist before the more scientific archaeologists of the early 19th century began clearing away the accumulated debris, soil, and vegetation from the ancient monuments, freeing them (as in the case of the Arch of Titus) from later architectural accretions, and performing restorations. Cassini's 18 images of the gates of Rome are particularly valuable in this regard, since a number of those entrances have been closed, demolished, or otherwise altered