Artistic Reconfigurations of Rome

Kaspar Thormod, Ph.D. (2018), European University Institute, is a scholar and freelance writer. He is the recipient of the Carlsberg Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Denmark, 2019–2021. He is also the author of a novel, Rom falder (2012).

• Preface by Mieke Bal Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Inventory of Artists Introduction: International artists in Rome 1 Roman Historiography 2 Foreign Academies and International Artists 3 The Contemporary 4 Close Engagement with Artworks 5 Comments on the Sources 1Institutions: Making the Foreign Academies in Rome 1 Transforming the Locale 2 Institutional Critique 3 Making Institutions 2Sites: Negotiating the Spectacle of Rome 1 Defamiliarisation Strategies 2 Projections 3 Globalised Landscapes 4 Reconfiguring Roman Sites 3People: Portraying the Romans 1 Visitors and Locals 2 Inmates and Partners 3 Double Portrait 4 The Potential of Contemporary Portraiture 4History: Re-envisioning Roman Narratives 1 Material Matters 2 Machines, Gods and Ghosts 3 Touching at a Distance 4 Twisted Narratives 5 Critical Reflections on Historical Narratives 5Art: Creating a Rome of One’s Own 1 Spoliation 2 Copiously Copied 3 Critical Re-stagings 4 New (After)Life Epilogue: Rome Maps Bibliography Index