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''Cantieri Romani – Roman construction sites'' (in
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and English text on the facing page) is a publication that accompanies the exhibitionExhibition Press release
9 March 2001.
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retrieved at "undo.net"on 26 May 2009. of the same name held in 2001 at the Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (today MACRO) of
Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...
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The book

The volume is an unusual document that describes some of the construction sites open in
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in view of the Jubilee of 2000, through the pictorial testimonies of twenty artists operating in the city.File card
at Gangemi Editore website.
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Great Jubilee The Great Jubilee in 2000 was a major event in the Catholic Church, held from Christmas Eve (24 December) 1999 to Epiphany (holiday), Epiphany (6 January) 2001. Like previous Jubilee in the Catholic Church, Jubilee years, it was a celebration of ...
marking the end of the second millennium, from about seven hundred to one thousand building sites were opened in
Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...
an effort that was unprecedented in the second half of the 20th century except for the works realized for the 1960 Olympic Games. At that time, Mario Mafai,
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, Giuseppe Capogrossi and many other artists made paintings of
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and the changes it was undergoing. On the occasion of this second change of the city, Andrea Aquilanti, Carlo Bertocci,
Enzo Cucchi Enzo Cucchi (born 14 November 1949) is an Italian painter. A native of Morro d'Alba, province of Ancona, he was a key member of the Italian Transavanguardia movement, along with his countrymen Francesco Clemente, Mimmo Paladino, Nicola De Maria ...
, Fabrice de Nola, Stefano Di Stasio, Paolo Fiorentino, Daniele Galliano, Paola Gandolfi, Federico Guida, Felice Levini, Massimo Livadiotti, Fabio Mauri, Giorgio Ortona, Federico Pietrella, Luca Pignatelli, Cristiano Pintaldi, Piero Pizzi Cannella, Gioacchino Pontrelli, Mauro Reggio and Francesca Tulli, while remaining faithful to their own aesthetics, limited themselves to paintings whose images attest to the ongoing changes and, in contrast with their predecessors of 1960, this time are devoid of any nostalgic spirit. The book contains colour reproductions of the twenty works, biographical entries of the artists edited by Sabrina Vedovotto and two essays: *''Roman Construction Sites'' by Arnaldo Romani Brizzi, *''Roman Construction Sites, the reasons for an exhibition'' by Ludovico Pratesi.


See also

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Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...
*
Great Jubilee The Great Jubilee in 2000 was a major event in the Catholic Church, held from Christmas Eve (24 December) 1999 to Epiphany (holiday), Epiphany (6 January) 2001. Like previous Jubilee in the Catholic Church, Jubilee years, it was a celebration of ...
*
Jubilee A jubilee is often used to refer to the celebration of a particular anniversary of an event, usually denoting the 25th, 40th, 50th, 60th, and the 70th anniversary. The term comes from the Hebrew Bible (see, "Old Testament"), initially concerning ...


Editions

Arnaldo Romani Brizzi, Ludovico Pratesi. ''Cantieri Romani''. Series: ''Architettura, Urbanistica, Ambiente''. Roma, Gangemi Editore, 2001, pp. 78.


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