The Domus Aurea Book

Year:
2019
Client:

«The Domus Aurea was a world that included within its vast borders all that the world offers to its inhabitants. There were the waters of sea and land, a city, wild and cultivated nature, wild and domestic animals, the temples of the gods, the signs of the sky. And the imperial palace was its heart. But those wild animals, which lived together with domestic animals, those woods, impenetrable as in ancient times, revealed a second meaning. The Domus Aurea represented the golden age, when the flocks did non fear lions, and the earth was spontaneously covered with grapes, honey and wheat.»
Pietro Citati, La “Domus Aurea”, 1974

The third chapter of the Parco Archeologico del Colosseo saga, which comes after The Colosseum Book and The Roman Forum Book, narrates the history of the Domus Aurea, from the Neronian opulence to the relationship with Raffaello, up to the influences on contemporary art.

The Domus Aurea Book
Curated by Vincenzo Farinella
Publisher Electa
Size 17×24 cm
Pages 312
Binding Paperback
Year of publication 2019
ISBN 9788891828477