Review ‘At the foot of the Pyramid. 300 years of the cemetery for foreigners in Rome’ Casa di Goethe, Rome’
The BRITISH ART Journal, Volume XVII, No. 3
Jonathan Yarker
300th anniversary of the Cemetery for Foreigners in Rome
At the foot of the Pyramid (1716-2016)
Curated by Nicholas Stanley-Price
From 23 September to 13 November 2016
In 2016 we celebrated 300 years of burials at the foot of the Pyramid in an exhibition about the Cemetery’s history as seen through the eyes of artists.These include foreigners such as J.M.W.Turner, J.P.Hackert, Salomon Corrodi and Edvard Munch, and Italians such as Bartolomeo Pinelli and Ettore Roesler Franz. It was held from 23 September to 13 November 2016 and organised in partnership with the Casa di Goethe on the Via del Corso in the centre of Rome . The curator of the event was Nicholas Stanley-Price, member of the Cemetery’s Advisory Committee and editor of its Friends’ Newsletter. [brochure] [press release]
More information about the content of the exhibition is given in the wall-texts [exhibition wall texts] and in the catalogue which is available for purchase (€18.00).
Exhibition catalogue
The catalogue devotes two pages to each of the 44 exhibits, one of description and the other a full-colour reproduction of the work of art. Many of them have never been previously exhibited or published in detail. In their two introductory essays the authors discuss how artists in Rome have responded to this beautiful place and how their work can throw new light on its history. An essential book for understanding better the cemetery in its Roman context. Available in English, Italian and German editions.
At the foot of the Pyramid: 300 years of the cemetery for foreigners in Rome.
Edizioni AsKI e.V.|Casa di Goethe/Non-Catholic Cemetery in Rome. Authors: Nicholas Stanley-Price, Mary K. McGuigan and John F. McGuigan Jr. 136 pages, 18.00 Euro. ISBN-13: 978-3-930370-40-5 (English version).
NEWSLETTER
Newsletter of the Friends of the Non-Catholic Cemetery in Rome
The Cemetery’s Newsletter is published four times a year in English and Italian versions. It gives news about progress in looking after the monuments and the beautiful natural setting of the Cemetery. But it also publishes a series of short articles about different aspects of the history of the Cemetery and of those who are buried there.
