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title: Rome2017
created: 2017-09-05 20:22
updated: 2026-07-18 15:53
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author: Auriea
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[[OutsideSomeplace]]

[[Roma]]
That time we went to Rome and stayed for 5 months.
September 2017 - January 2018
I miss it and plan to live in Rome one day. (it's part of the [[10YearPlan]].)

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## RE VIEW
The sketchbook, page by page

1. Labyrinths. I went there with a project to finish. I made Minorinth for [[NoQuarter]]. I thought there might be some trace of the medieval labyrinth in Roman churches. I was wrong.

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I went there with notes like:
What will I want to do in Italy?

Antique/Christian architecture
Relics - Scala Sancta


study of sacred art:
figural composition as pertains to decorum and strength of meaning.

architectural constructions around altars and relics


IDEAS FROM ITALY
- metamorphosis and identity
- there is more than one art world, there is no art world: only this one.
- the circular nature of art creation
-- model in clay, 3d scan, model in computer, 3d print, finish or remodel-rescan, etc.
---- something that 2d artists have enjoyed forever.
-- no reason that our old ethos cannot continue. Rhizome's "the download"
-- a hybrid art which exists in both physical and digital form
-- the way we experience art is mostly online images of physical objects.

### bibliography
- "[the gods made flesh: metamorphosis and the pursuit of paganism](https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Made-Flesh-Metamorphosis-Paganism/dp/0300047428/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1504643840&sr=8-1&keywords=the+gods+made+flesh%3A+metamorphosis+and+the+pursuit+of+paganism)" - Leonard Barkin
- "Roman Labyrinth Mosaics and the Experience of Motion" - Rebecca Molholt ((The Art Bulletin, Vol. 93, No. 3 (September 2011), pp. 287-303))
- "The Italians" - John Hooper 
- "In Other Words" - Jhumpa Lahiri
- "Metamorphoses" - Ovid
- "Gomorrah" - Roberto Saviano
- Michaelangelo
  - The agony and the Ecstasy - Irving Berlin
  - MetMuseum catalog
- Pontormo - Diario
- Bernini
- Tinoretto


## Places to visit
- [Tempietto](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Tempietto) - Vatican
- [Basilica San Clemente](http://basilicasanclemente.com/eng/)
Via Labicana, 95
Open Mon-Sat, 9am-12.30pm; 3pm-6pm; Sun 12.15pm-6pm
Entry fee: €10
- Domitilla Catacombs
Via delle Sette Chiese, 282
Open Mon, Wed-Sun 9am-12pm, 2pm-5pm
Entry fee: €8
- Hadrian’s Crypt (Mouth of Truth)
Piazza Bocca della Verità, 18
Opening times for the Crypt, Mon-Sat, 10am-2pm, 3pm-5.30pm; Sun 12pm – 5.30pm
Opening times the church, Daily, 9.30am-5.50pm
- The Crypt of the Capuchin Friars
Via Vittorio Veneto, 27
Open daily, 9am-7pm
Entry fee: € 8.50

## Visited Churches of special interest
- SantaMariaDelPopolo
- [[SantaMariaInTrastevere]]
- SantaMariaDellaVittoria
- ChiesaDiSantAgnesinAgony