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Description

Envisioning Baroque Rome is a digital humanities project that provides an internet-based, 3D walkable reconstruction of the city of Rome ca. 1676, using the gaming platform Unity. The reconstruction is grounded in Giovanni Battista Falda's bird's-eye view map of that year and subsumes the fine detail of over three hundred views of the city etched by the artist. The project enables visitors to enter the map, strolling the streets of the Baroque city as virtual pedestrians.

Contributors

Michael Musker | Caleb Fruin | Erik Lewitt | Nicole Costello | Ian Burr | Arya Basu | Joanna Mundy | Sarah McPhee

Institutional Affiliation

Emory University

Sponsors

Michael Musker | Caleb Fruin | Erik Lewitt | Nicole Costello | Ian Burr | Arya Basu | Joanna Mundy | Sarah McPhee

Is this project Alive?

Yes

Year: Known Start

2011

Decades

2010-2020 | 2020-2030

Software and Technologies

HTML

Project Images

screen shot showing the sundial mechanism
Daytime – Ayra Basu’s June 2020 screen shot showing the sundial mechanism. Sundial mechanism implemented to move the sun's position in the project to illustrate landscapes better. The sundial has time of the day and day of the year affecting the position and orientation of the sun. Let there be light!
Screenshot showing the sundial mechanism
Night time Ayra Basu’s June 2020 screen shot showing the sundial mechanism. Sundial mechanism implemented to move the sun's position in the project to illustrate landscapes better. The sundial has time of the day and day of the year affecting the position and orientation of the sun. Let there be light!
Screenshot of work in Unity software
Ian’s Burr’s Feb 3rd 2020 screenshot of work in Unity
Falda Map
Falda map – Giovanni Battista Falda, Nuova Pianta et Alzata dell Citta di Roma, 1676
Drawing of a the Fontana su La Piazza del Porta Popolo
G.B. Falda, Fontana su La Piazza del Porta Popolo sotto la Guglia, 1691 (showing the primary material used to create the Unity rendering)
Unity rendering depicting Piazza San Marco to Campidoglio
Unity rendering based on Falda, From Piazza San Marco to Campidoglio, Rome (screenshot April 21, 2022)
screen shot showing the sundial mechanism EBR Daytime Basu June 2020
Screenshot showing the sundial mechanism EBR NighttimeBasu2020June
Screenshot of work in Unity software EBR Unity work Burr 2020 Feb
Falda Map Falda Citta di Roma 1676
Drawing of a the Fontana su La Piazza del Porta Popolo Falda Fontana 1691
Unity rendering depicting Piazza San Marco to Campidoglio From Piazza san Marco to Campidoglio