Roads to Rome [Hardcover]

John Heseltine (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 20, 2005

This book is a photographic record of a series of journeys made along five of the ancient Roman roads of Italy - the Via Appia, which extended from Rome to the great port of Brindisi, thus linking the city with the Orient; Via Cassia to Siena; Via Flaminia to Bologna; Via Aurelia to San Remo; Via Aemelia from Parma to Rimini (where it joined the Via Flaminia). These routes offer a natural framework to a record of the varied regions of Italy and how they have evolved over two thousand years - and an insight into the fusion of old and new that gives Italy its distinctive character. The journeys are rich in evocative contrasts, with the most modern expressions of twenty-first-century life played out against ancient backdrops. John Heseltine's romantic black and white photographs will appeal to all lovers of Italy.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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About the Author

John Heseltine is an internationally known photographer specializing in food and travel. His work appears in national and international magazines - including Italy magazine, to which he is a regular contributor - and many illustrated books including the Dorling Kindersley Eye Witness travel guides. Colin Ford was formerly Keeper of Film and Photography at the National Portrait Gallery, London - the first senior curator of the media in a national museum - and went on to become the first Director of the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television in Bradford. Now retired, he has recently co-written the catalogue raisonne of Julia Margaret Cameron, published by Getty Publications in autumn 2002. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum; 1 edition (November 20, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0892368276
• ISBN-13: 978-0892368273
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 10.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,001,449 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All Roads Lead to Rome!, December 13, 2005

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Grady Harp (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Roads to Rome (Hardcover)

For the adventurer who loves the history of ancient Rome and admires the architectural and engineering feats of that great civilization, this rather small but informational tightly packed book will come as a welcome insight. Author and photographer John Heseltine has studied the historic major roads to Rome, photographed the places through which they passed and recreate history with the comments on the placements of the sites and the reasons we postulate the Romans chose them.

Among the most famous of these antique but extant roads here discussed are the Via Appia, Via Cassia, Via Flamina, and Via Aurelia, each named after an emperor and each leading into Rome through a different atmosphere and out to a different destination. The manner in which these roads connected Rome with the known world is discussed with authority, but the interesting facet is the way Heseltine shows the current environs where these roads exist. This is living history, beautifully captured in Heseltine's photographs and enhanced by Colin Ford's Introductory notes.

Filled with both black and white and toned photographs this book is a journey through history that is fascinating in content and illuminating in style! A definite must for those who love Italy and things Italian. Recommended. Grady Harp, December 05

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Condition, September 26, 2011

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This review is from: Roads to Rome (Hardcover)

I was expecting a little bit more from the book. I didnt realize that it was going to be all black and white photos. Otherwise it showed up in perfect condition and it arrived quickly.