Views of 18th Century Rome

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Piazza della Rotonda by Giuseppe Vasi

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​The 18th century was the age of the vedutisti, artists who represented Rome, and other Italian cites, through carefully rendered vedute or views. 

One of the greatest vedutisti was Giuseppe Vasi (1710-82), a Sicilian architect and engraver, who, between 1747 and 1761, published 238 prints of the Eternal City in his ten-volume work Delle magnificenze di Roma antica e moderna.  

In 1763, Vasi published the Itinerario istruttivo diviso in otto giornate per ritrovare con facilità tutte le antiche e moderne Magnificenze, which broke down his magnum opus into eight walking itineraries. 

In 1765, Vasi published his Prospetto dell’ alma citta di roma visto dal monte gianicolo (View of the city of Rome from the Janiculum hill), a large engraved map of Rome, which measures 102.5 x 261.5 cm.  

To be continued...

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