http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/virtualtourist The Virtual Tourist in Renaissance Rome. Printing and Collecting the Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. A Symposium at the University of Chicago, November 2-3, 2007. Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:43:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In 1540 Antonio Lafreri, a native of Besançon transplanted to Rome, began publishing maps and other printed images that depicted major monuments and antiquities in Rome. These images were calculated to appeal to the taste for classical antiquity that fueled the cultural event we call the Renaissance. After Lafreri published ... http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/virtualtourist/2007/09/17/the-virtual-tourist-in-renaissance-rome/