Roma
Roma, a 1908 art book by Diego Angeli published in Bergamo by the Istituto italiano d'arti grafiche, presenting Rome's churches and monuments through photographic plates for art readers. The four pictures show apse mosaics with arched vaults, a stone monumental facade with a central relief tondo and steps, and a Gothic-canopied high altar flanked by marble columns, all in grainy halftone black and white. A designer could draw on the strong arch compositions, gilded mosaic bands, and classical architectural framing for historicist layouts.
