En samling af artikler om Roms betydning for nordisk billedkunst i det 19. årh. Om kunstnernes møde med Rom, hvad de studerede, hvad de producerede, hvad de bragte med sig hjem, hvilke spor det satte sig i deres senere produktion m.m.

Artiklerne, der bringes på originalsprogene, dansk, norsk og svensk, blev oprindelig præsenteret på en stor konference i Rom, arrangeret af de skandinaviske landes kulturinstitutter. Bogen, der er rigt illustreret, henvender sig til alle Rom-rejsende, der vil kunne bruge bogen som en introduktion og inspiration til egne vandringer i den evige stad.

Bidrag af: Magne Malmanger, Torsten Gunnarsson, Kasper Monrad, Emma Salling, Eva Henschen, Hannemarie Ragn Jensen, Bo Lundström, Eva-Lene Bengtsson, Peter Nørgaard Larsen, Tomas Björk, Jan Zahle, Torben Melander, Solfrid Söderlind, Nils Messel og Riitta Nikula.

Hannemarie Ragn Jensen, mag.art., er lektor på Institut for Kunsthistorie, Københavns Universitet.

English
A collection of articles on the importance of Rome for Scandinavian pictorial art in the 19th century. On the artists' encounter with Rome, what they studied, what they produced, what they brought home with them, what traces left their marks in their future productions etc.

The articles, here presented in the original languages Danish, Swedish and Norwegian, were originally presented at a big conference in Rome, arranged by the Departments of Culture of the Scandinavian countries. The book is lavishly illustrated and caters for everybody travelling to Rome who will be able to use the book as an introduction to and inspiration for individual walks in the eternal city.

Contributions by: Magne Malmanger, Torsten Gunnarsson, Kasper Monrad, Emma Salling, Eva Henschen, Hannemarie Ragn Jensen, Bo Lundström, Eva-Lene Bengtsson, Peter Nørgaard Larsen, Tomas Björk, Jan Zahle, Torben Melander, Solfrid Söderlind, Nils Messel and Riitta Nikula.

Hannemarie Ragn Jensen, MA, is a senior lecturer in the Department of Art History at the University of Copenhagen.