https://cgmr.carleton.edu/files/original/0e1790ac3a12e3e033b83e3fd5631ef5.png 12616f3ef5a1369278a5eb55628aea8e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Mantua Canvas Subject The topic of the resource Disabitato Description An account of the resource The distinction between the green-belt of the disabitato and the occupied portions. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Unknown Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource View of Roma, ca. 1538, tempera on canvas, 66.5x91.75in (118x233cm). Palazzo Ducale, Mantua (artwork in the public domain; photograph provided by Scala/Miniestero per i Beni e le Attivita culturali/Art Resource, NY) https://cgmr.carleton.edu/files/original/977b3577410e43309af3dc342c319a21.png d054f01836dd71a2920dd4657cea91c3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Veduta di Campo Vaccino Subject The topic of the resource Disabitato Description An account of the resource Illustrated by Giovanni Battista Piranesi in 1772. A view of the Roman Forum during the Middle Ages. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Giovanni Battista Piranesi Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Giovanni Battista Piranesi, “Veduta di Campo Vaccino,” Views of Rome, plate 82, 18 x 27.75 inches, etching, 1772, https://smarthistory.org/forum-romanum-the-roman-forum/. Place A location with a street address or larger region. Examples include building, statue, piazza, fountain, port, neighborhood, paintings, sculptures, frescoes, floors. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Libby Paulson (2021) Edited by Julia Tassava (2026) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context agricultureforum_2019 Title A name given to the resource Agriculture and Reuse in the Roman Forum Description An account of the resource Splitting Rome into the disabitato and the abitato makes it seem as if there is a heavy divide between the inhabited and uninhabited parts of the city. The Mantua canvas, for example, clearly shows the distinction between the green-belt of the disabitato and the occupied portions. The landscape of the disabitato here is portrayed as a green wasteland, solely littered with ancient ruins and bits of antiquity. It barely shows anything else. However, despite what primary sources from the Middle Ages and modern academic articles portray, the disabitato was not entirely abandoned. The land surrounding the abitato was filled with lots of open, available space used as agricultural fields and farmsteads, vineyards, and uncultivated pastures. As shown in the Mantua canvas, it was also littered with ancient monuments and ruins – some of which were reused and altered to fit the needs of people in the Middle Ages instead of being forgotten entirely. One of the best sites to truly see this change in function is the Roman Forum, which was included in the disabitato. While the image below was done in 1772, it still shows an accurate depiction of what the forum would have looked like during the Middle Ages. Small houses surround the cultivated pasture in the middle, where vegetables, spices, and fruit trees are being grown. Furthermore, the amount of livestock grazing in the area rebranded the forum as the “Campo Vaccino,” or cow field. Antique columns and structures don’t have the same meaning as they did for the Romans; in fact, many are spoliated into new buildings and structures that have a new use for these farmers. The most important theme of the disabitato in regards to the Roman Forum is reuse for functionality. During antiquity, the Romans used the space for sacro-civic functions. The purpose changed to focus on agriculture over time, but that doesn’t diminish the forum’s importance. This transformation clearly illustrates the relationship between the people’s needs, functionality, and urban change over time. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Becker, Jeffrey A.. “Forum Romanum (The Roman Forum).” khanacademy.org. https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ancient-art-civilizations/roman/beginners-guide-rome/a/forum-romanum-the-roman-forum. Cowdrey, H. E. J.. Pope Gregory VII, 1073-1085. Clarendon Press, 1998: 1-4. Gadeyne, Jan. Perspectives on Public Space in Rome, from Antiquity to the Present Day. Routledge, 2016. Krautheimer, Richard. Rome: Profile of a City, 312-1308. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2000. Lucentini, Mario. The Rome Guide: Step by Step through History’s Greatest City. Interlink Publishing (2012). Maier, Jessica. "Francesco Rosselli's Lost View of Rome: An Urban Icon and Its Progeny." The Art Bulletin 94, no. 3, (2012): 37-43. Sanzio, Raffaello. The Cambridge Companion to Raphael. Cambridge University Press (2005): 59-60. Waldheim, Charles. Landscape as Urbanism: A General Theory. Princeton University Press, 2016: 98. Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1200s Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Via dei Fori Imperiali, 25, 00184 Roma RM Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1700s uninhabited rome