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1900, 87, 97, 100

Aalto, Alvar, 153, 181
Accattone, 14, 689, 71, 95, 99, 141
Accorsi, Stefano, 71
Ackerman, James, 181, 185
Agucchi, Giovan Battista, 49
Ai margini della metropoli (At the Limits of
the Metropolis), 62
Albinati, Edoardo, 1323
Alighieri, Dante, 82
Al dagli occhi azzurri (Blue-Eyed Al), 127
Allen, Woody, 56
Aloysi, Aldo, 151
Alphand, Jean-Charles, 163
Ando, Tadao, 1512
Antonello, Pierpaolo, 5
Antonioni, Michelangelo, 55, 71, 95, 98,
142
Apollonj-Ghetti, Bruno Maria, 1434
Ara Pacis Augustae, 2, 1314, 16, 101, 103,
111, 113, 11516
Argan, Giulio Carlo, 19, 31, 33, 155, 160
dAronco, Raimondo, 140
art galleries in Rome
Macro, 18, 121
Maxxi, 9
Montemartini, 18, 121
Asimov, Isaac, 2
Aug, Marc, 102
Avetta, Ildo, 144
Aymonino, Carlo, 104

Baudrillard, Jean, 100, 102, 110, 159

Bava, Mario, 52
Beijing, 4
Bell, Daniel, 159
Bellocchio, Marco, 40
Bellori, Pietro, 49
Bencivenga, Ulderico, 121
Benjamin, Walter, 45
Berlin, 39, 801, 126
Bernini, Gianlorenzo, 4, 43, 49, 88, 90, 92,
173
Bertolucci Bernardo, 11, 14, 7980, 838,
90, 92, 945, 97100
1900, 87, 97, 100
auto-citation, 87
Besieged, 84
La commare secca (The Grim Reaper), 87,
945, 98
La luna (The Moon), 11, 14, 7980, 83,
857, 90, 95, 97100
Il conformista (The Conformist), 87, 88,
181
La strategia del ragno (The Spiders
Stratagem), 856, 88, 90
Partner, 87
psychoanalysis, 856, 97
Ultimo tango a Parigi (Last Tango in
Paris), 878
Besieged, 84
Beuys, Joseph, 157
Blade Runner, 13
Bloomer, Kent, 177
Blue Velvet, 13
Boccioni, Umberto, 124
Boeti, Alighiero, 157
Boito, Camillo, 140

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Bach, Johann Sebastian, 149

Baker, Charles, 182
Barry, Matthew, 86
Baudelaire, Paul, 45

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Bolognini, Mauro, 63
Bondanella, Peter, 2
Bonello, Angelo, 120
Bonito Oliva, Achille, 36, 157
Borges, Jorge-Luis, 44
Borgese, Giuseppe Antonio, 39
Borromini, Francesco, 49, 179
Brasini, Armando, 1401, 143, 153
Breton, Andr, 162
Brown, Bill, 823
Brownlee, David, 184
Brunelleschi, Filippo, 44
Burke, Edmund, 44
Cabiria, 46
Cairo, 4
Calatrava, Santiago, 152
Caldwell, Dorigen, 8, 57
Caliceti, Giuseppe, 132
Camerini, Mario, 46
Canino, Ennio, 151
Canniffe, Eamon, 85
Capponi, Giuseppe, 115
Caro diario (Dear Diary), 401, 57, 65, 67
Carpenter, John, 13
Carr, Carlo, 134
Carracci, Annibale, 43
Cassetti, Roberto, 19
Cederna, Antonio, 2
de Certeau, Michel, 129
Ceserani, Remo, 7
Chareau, Pierre, 163
de Chirico, Giorgio, 134, 158
Christo (artist), 36
churches in Rome
Cristo Re (Christ King), 144
Josemaria Escriv de Balaguer, 151
Martiri Canadesi (Canadian Martyrs),
16, 1434, 149
Sacro Cuore di Ges Agonizzante, 144
Sacro Cuore Immacolato di Maria,
1402, 150
San Clemente, 89, 57
San Felice da Cantalice, 141, 143, 1501
San Giovanni Bosco, 16, 1434
San Giovanni Laterano, 289, 578, 72,
144, 164
San Giuseppe Cafasso, 58, 150

San Liborio, 16, 1423, 150

San Pietro, 26, 40, 578, 72, 144, 164
Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, 289, 34
SantIgnazio, 58
Santi Pietro e Paolo, 16, 1423, 150
Tor Tre Teste, 9, 16, 152
Clark, Eleanor, 173
Clayburgh, Jill, 86
Coia, Jack, 138, 1414, 149
Connor, Steven, 159, 168
Coppola, Francis Ford, 13
Corsi, Tilde, 135
da Cortona, Pietro, 43, 49, 94
Crawford, Hugh Adam, 141
Dal Co, Francesco, 167
Dardi Costantino, 36, 155
Dazzi, Arturo, 69
Dear, Michael, 6
De Lachenal, Lucilla, 108
De Palma, Brian, 76
De Sica, Vittorio, 62
Dey, Hendrik, 245
Donatello, di Niccol di Betto Bardi, 44
Duchamp, Marcel, 134
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Edwards, Catharine, 2
Egbert, Donald Drew, 178
Eisenmann, Peter, 152
Energici, Alfredo, 142
Escape from New York, 13
Europa 51 (Europe 51/No Greater Love),
62
Falini, Paola, 20
Favino, Pierfrancesco, 71
Favretto, Paola, 114
Fellini, Federico, 10, 12, 401, 4453, 556,
62, 1434
fragment, 10, 12, 40, 445, 48, 50, 56
La dolce vita (The Dolce vita), 12, 4752,
56, 143, 149
Intervista (Interview), 40
presenceabsence, 12, 46
Roma, 12, 40, 51, 53, 556
Satyricon, Fellini, 12, 501, 53, 55

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Sceicco bianco (The White Sheik), 12, 40,
467, 56
Toby Dammit, 12, 40, 513, 56
Filler, Martin, 175
Florence, 25, 82
Fontana, Domenico, 41, 43
Foschini, Arnaldo, 142
Foucault, Michel, 15, 103, 107, 113, 11617
Freud, Sigmund, 1, 84, 97
The Uncanny, 97
Friedberg, Anne, 10
Frommel, Christopher, 109
Gadda, Carlo Emilio, 40, 46
Gatto, Alfonso, 12930
Gehry, Frank, 152
Gillespie, Kidd & Coia, 16, 137, 1434,
1503
Giovannoni, Gustavo, 74
Giurgola, Romaldo, 155
Gnisci, Armando, 42
Godard, Jean-Luc, 56
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang, 1, 103
Gorfinkel, Elena, 80
Graves, Michael, 155, 172
Gregotti, Vittorio, 157
Grumbach, Antoine, 17, 155, 1624
Guazzoni, Enrico, 46

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Jameson, Fredric, 78, 52, 823, 102

Jansen, Monica, 5
Jencks, Charles, 159, 162, 173
Jung, Carl Gustav, 55
Kahn, Louis I., 173, 178
Keiller, Patrick, 81
Kill, Baby Kill, 52
Kline, T. Jefferson, 87
Klotz, Henrich, 163
Kolker, Robert, 878, 97, 100
Kounellis, Jannis, 157
Kracauer, Siegfried, 7980
Krautheimer, Richard, 94
Krier, Lon, 17, 155, 162, 1646
La banda degli onesti (The Band of Honest
Men), 127
Labatut, Jean, 178
Lacan, Jacques, 86
La commare secca (The Grim Reaper), 87,
945, 98
La luna (The Moon), 11, 14, 7980, 83,
857, 90, 95, 97100
auto-cinephilia, 100
fetishization of the centre, 979
haunting past, 95
perversion, 978
search for father, 86
topophilia, 95, 100
Lang, Fritz, 10
La commare secca (The Grim Reaper), 87,
945, 98
La dolce vita (The Dolce vita), 12, 4752, 56,
143, 149
kaleidoscope, 48
reality and fiction, 4950
Ladri di biciclette (Bicycle Thieves), 62
La giornata balorda (A Crazy Day), 63
La notte brava (The Good Night), 63
La strategia del ragno (The Spiders Stratagem), 856, 88, 90
labyrinth history, 85
search for father, 86
Las Vegas, 9, 15, 17, 81, 101, 116, 1848
Le ceneri di Gramsci (Gramscis Ashes), 128
Leclisse (The Eclipse), 55, 71, 142
Le Corbusier, 82, 115, 163, 178

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Hadid, Zaha, 9
Harvey David, 52
Hassan, Ihab, 159, 164
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 182
Hernandez, Santiago, 151
Herzfeld, Michael, 2
Hural Matthew, 34, 367
Huxtable, Ada Louise, 167
Huyssens, Andreas, 172
Il conformista (The Conformist), 87, 88
Il ferroviere (The Railroader), 127
Il tetto (The Roof ), 127
Insolera, Italo, 2, 62
Intervista (Interview), 40
I soliti ignoti (Big Deal on Madonna Street),
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Ledoux, Claude Nicolas, 163

Le fate ignoranti (His Secret Life), 135
Lenagham, Julia, 108
Le notti di Cabiria (Nights of Cabiria), 62
Leopardi, Giacomo, 39
Levi, Carlo, 39
Lvi-Strauss, Claude, 162
Libera, Adalberto, 69, 115
Lizzani, Carlo, 62
Lodore del sangue (The Scent of Blood), 40
Lonardi Buontempo, Graziella, 157, 165, 169
London, 4, 6, 39, 45, 81, 149, 173, 184
Lonorevole Angelina (The Honourable
Angelina), 62
Lora di religione (My Mothers Smile), 40
Los Angeles, 4, 6, 1415, 56, 812, 1012,
116
Lo sceicco bianco (The White Sheik), 12, 40,
467, 56
non-linearity, 47
Lutyens, Sir Edwin, 181
Lynch, David, 13, 56
Lynch, Kevin, 82, 84
Lyotard, Jean-Francois, 44, 159, 1712,
1878

Merz, Mario, 157

Metzstein, Isi, 144
Michelangelo, di Lodovico Buonarroti
Simoni, 1089, 179, 181, 185, 187
Mida, Massimo, 62
Milan, 4, 9, 10, 25, 72, 157
Miller, Naomi, 367
Monicelli, Mario, 62
Moore, Charles W., 17, 1713, 175, 1778,
185, 188
Morandi, Giorgio, 49
Moravia, Alberto, 1278, 130
Moretti, Luigi, 30, 181
Moretti, Nanni, 401, 57, 657, 74, 77
Moro, Aldo, 712, 103
Morpurgo, Vittorio Ballio, 11316
Morton, Patricia A., 175
Mudu, Paolo, 64, 66
Muratore, Giorgio, 167
museum
Ara Pacis Augustae, 2, 1314, 16, 101,
103, 111, 113, 11516
Capitoline, 104, 121
Cooper Hewitt, 167
Macro, 18, 121
Maxxi, 9
Montemartini, 18, 121
of Wood, 151
Mussgnug, Florian, 5
Mussolini, Benito, 41, 489, 62, 81, 102,
11316, 122, 138, 143

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McMillan, Andy, 144
Magnani, Anna, 143
Mailer, Norman, 179
Maltese Corrado, 323
Mamma Roma, 634, 143
Mancini, Rossana, 21, 24
Manila, 4
Mann, Michael, 56
Marcus Aurelius, 108
equestrian statue, 9, 1314, 101, 1034,
10711, 113, 117
simulacrum, 11011, 117
Martone, Mario, 40
Maufe, Edward, 149
Mazzoni, Cristina, 34
Meier, Richard, 2, 9, 1416, 101, 103, 111,
113, 11517, 1523
Melli, Roberto, 123, 1246, 129
Il gazometro a San Paolo (The Gasometer
in San Paolo), 1235
Mendini, Alessandro, 161
Merz, Jorgin, 94

Naples, 76, 126

New York, 4, 9, 39, 56, 801, 102, 153, 161,
165
Nicolini, Renato, 36, 60, 62, 160
Nolli, Giambattista, 17, 1556, 158, 160,
1624, 166, 169
Norberg-Schulz, Christian, 1634
Oud, Jacobus, 163
Ozpetek, Ferzan, 15, 135
palimpsest
baroque, 45
classical, 1, 8, 245
non-classical, 1323, 143
postmodern, 7, 8, 40, 489, 813, 92,
163, 172, 182, 188

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Paniconi, Mario, 150, 153
Pannini, Giovanni Paolo, 434
Paris, 4, 9, 25, 39, 45, 56, 80, 87, 126, 140,
173
Partner, 87
Pasolini, Pier Paolo, 1315, 556, 634, 67,
71, 74, 80, 878, 945, 98, 12631,
141, 1434
Accattone, 14, 689, 71, 95, 99, 141
Al dagli occhi azzurri (Blue-Eyed Al),
127
Le ceneri di Gramsci (Gramscis Ashes),
128
Mamma Roma, 634, 143
modernity, 801, 1279
periphery, 15, 64, 67, 95, 98, 1269
Squarci di notte romane (Lights of
Roman Nights), 129
Pastrone, Giovanni, 46
Pediconi, Giulio, 141, 150, 153
Peressutti, Enrico, 178
Petrarch, Francesco, 12, 42, 44
Petri, Elio, 76
Piacentini, Marcello, 69, 74, 102, 138, 144
Picciafuoco, Ernesto, 40
Pirandello, Luigi, 39, 46
Piranesi, Giovan Battista, 43, 165
Placido, Michele, 71, 74, 767
Polidoro, da Caravaggio, 43
Pope
Alexander VII, 90
Benedict XIV, 155, 185
Julius II, 27, 108
Martin V, 27
Nicholas V, 108
Paul III, 1089
Pius II, 108
Pius IV, 181
Pius IX, 29
Sixtus IV, 278
Sixtus V, 289, 37, 90
Portoghesi, Paolo, 41, 43, 150, 155
postmodern
after-image, 100
auto-citation, 87
baroque, 405, 489, 92, 1412, 167
Bonaventure Hotel, 82, 102
churches, 13940

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cityscape, 12, 68, 1012, 1245, 156,

182
deconstruction, 7, 10, 15, 18, 45, 103,
11517, 140, 1512
end of grand narratives, 40, 177
fragment, 3, 8, 1013, 17, 1920, 32, 34,
40, 42, 446, 501, 56, 12930, 138,
143, 156, 1624, 179, 182, 184
gentrification, 2, 989
Herkunft versus Ursprung (onset point
versus pure origin), 103, 113, 11617
history, 107
horizontality, 102, 133
labyrinth, 6, 32, 52, 55, 856, 90, 945
Lascaux caves, 11011
Las Vegas, 9, 15, 17, 81, 91, 116, 1848
Los Angeles, 4, 6, 14, 812, 1012
mappability, 367, 446, 76, 140
see also unmappability
origin
see also Herkunft versus Ursprung
pastiche, 172
polycentrism, 67, 164, 168
post-humanism, 133
post-Vatican II, 13840, 142, 14950,
153, 204
Pruitt-Igoe housing estate, St Louis, Missouri, 159
Rameses II (mummy), 11011
rejection of totality, 9, 11, 41, 44, 82,
102, 1612, 168, 188
scientism, 110
simulacrization, 6, 15, 103, 11011, 117,
184
topophilia, 95, 100, 184, 188
unmappability 145, 55, 824
see also mappability
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Quo vadis, 46
Raggi, Franco, 1578
Raphael, Sanzio, 45
Rhodes, John David, 1289
Roma, 12, 40, 51, 53, 556
Roma Interrotta (exhibition), 9, 11, 1617,
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Marcus Aurelius equestrian statue, 9,

Roman Holiday, 98
1314, 101, 1034, 10711, 113, 117
Romano, Giulio, 43
Mirabilia Urbis Romae, 12, 27, 42
Romanzo criminale (Criminal Story), 57,
modernity, 24, 31, 46, 489, 56, 59,
667, 71, 76
801, 102, 1212, 124, 127, 142
Rome
Monti quarter, 2, 72, 90
1883 piano regolatore (1883 master plan),
New Orleans, 17, 175, 177
60
nineteenth-century, 24, 2930, 456, 58,
1931 piano regolatore (1931 master plan),
83, 102, 156, 182
60, 122
Ostiense, 6, 15, 18, 119, 1214, 1269,
2003 piano regolatore (2003 master plan),
1315
6, 19, 21, 601, 121
Palazzo
Massimo alle Colonne, 179
anni di piombo (years of lead), 99, 103,
Palazzo Senatorio, 104
160
palimpsest, 78, 245, 40, 45, 489,
Ara Pacis Museum, 2, 1314, 16, 101,
578, 813, 92, 1323, 143, 158,
103, 111, 11316
163, 172, 182, 188
Aurelian Walls, 6, 9, 11, 14, 16, 202,
Parco Lineare Integrato (Integrated
2431, 334, 367, 58, 65, 92, 119,
Linear Park), 20
137, 156, 181
Piazza
del Campidoglio, 72, 74, 98, 101,
borgate, 13, 48, 56, 612, 64, 71, 81, 95,
104, 10710, 185
127, 138, 144
Piazza Cavour, 88, 92
Capitoline Hill, 14, 26, 1034, 121, 164
Piazza Euclide, 141
Casa del Girasole, 181
Piazza del Popolo, 26, 90, 98, 179
Casalpalocco, 667
Piazza SantIgnazio, 58, 179
Centocelle, 58, 141
Pigneto, 95
centreperiphery, 1, 3, 6, 134, 18, 20,
Porta Pia, 29, 58, 179, 181, 185
313, 57, 59, 61, 667, 71, 77, 81, 95,
Renaissance, 4, 28, 42, 445, 1089,
989, 102, 113, 140
124, 181
Cinecitt, 9, 401, 489, 143
San Michele Institute for Restoration,
classical, 13, 79, 27, 39, 424, 46, 49,
104
51, 55, 72, 76, 82, 1013, 109, 111,
sventramenti (urban demolitions), 13, 27,
1137, 133, 1404, 151, 188
61, 74, 81, 83, 94, 98, 102
Eternal City, 13, 5, 78,11, 13, 1718,
ruins, 1, 5, 16, 19, 29, 31, 423, 45, 55,
29, 40, 53, 103, 107, 137, 143, 153,
59, 63, 72, 88, 102, 119, 124, 128,
156, 168, 171, 188
1323, 152, 158, 164, 194
EUR, 37, 49, 60, 689, 71, 94, 138, 142,
Testaccio, 14, 58, 74, 98, 123, 1289
151
Torpignattara, 58
Garbatella, 41, 66, 74, 76, 1223, 129
Trajan Markets, 72, 88, 1568, 1678,
Gasometer, 13, 15, 11924, 12631,
182
1336
Trastevere, 72, 74, 92, 98
Glasgow, 1379, 141, 144, 14950,
Vatican, 9, 11, 16, 278, 1089, 13744,
1523
14950, 1523
Grande Raccordo Anulare (ring road),
Via Veneto, 489
53, 64
Rome in cinema
INA Casa (public housing project), 64
Accattone, 14, 689, 71, 95, 99, 141
Janiculum, 34, 66, 87, 92, 166
Ai margini della metropoli (At the Limits
Lateran, 28, 90, 1089, 141
of the Metropolis), 62
Besieged, 84
Magliana, 65, 71, 94

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Rossellini, Roberto, 62
Cabiria, 46
Caro diario (Dear Diary), 401, 57, 65,
Rossi, Aldo, 59, 65, 150, 155, 157, 159
67
Rossi, Tullio, 142
Europa 51 (Europe 51/No Greater
Rossi Stuart, Kim, 71
Love), 62
Rowe, Colin, 155, 1602, 167, 173, 175
Fellini Satyricon, 12, 501, 53, 55
Rumble Fish, 13
Il conformista (The Conformist), 878
Rutelli, Francesco, 60, 104, 171
Il ferroviere (The Railroader), 127
Sabaudia, 85, 144
Il tetto (The Roof ), 127
Sabbioneta (town), 85, 88, 90
I soliti ignoti (Big Deal on Madonna
Salvati, Mariuccia, 59
Street), 127
La banda degli onesti (The Band of Hon- Salvi, Nicola, 173
Sanguineti, Edoardo, 1313
est Men), 127
La commare secca (The Grim Reaper), 87, Santamaria, Claudio, 71
Sartogo, Piero, 155, 161
945, 98
La dolce vita (The Dolce vita), 12, 4752, Saturday Night Fever, 95
Satyricon, Fellini, 12, 501, 53, 55
56, 143, 149
Savinio, Alberto, 134
La giornata balorda (A Crazy Day), 63
La luna (The Moon), 11, 14, 7980, 83, Scarpa, Carlo, 150
Sceicco bianco (The White Sheik), 12, 40,
857, 90, 95, 97100
467, 56
La notte brava (The Good Night), 63
Scialoja, Toti, 1301
Leclisse (The Eclipse), 55, 71, 142
Scorsese, Martin, 56
Le fate ignoranti (His Secret Life), 135
Le notti di Cabiria (Nights of Cabiria),
Scott, Ridley, 13
62
Scott Brown, Denise, 155, 162, 1845,
Lodore del sangue (The Scent of Blood),
1878
40
Scully, Vincent, 173, 178, 184
Lonorevole Angelina (The Honourable
Shanghai, 4
Angelina), 62
Squarci di notte romane (Lights of Roman
Lora di religione (My Mothers Smile), 40
Nights), 129
Lo sceicco bianco (The White Sheik), 12,
Siegel, Michael, 99
40, 467, 56
Silverstone, Roger, 66
Ladri di biciclette (Bicycle Thieves), 62
Simmel, Georg, 46
La luna (The Moon), 11, 14, 7980, 83, Simoncini, Giorgio, 278
857, 90, 95, 97100
Sironi, Mario, 124
Mamma Roma, 634, 143
Sitte, Camillo, 161
Quo vadis, 46
Soja, Edward, 6, 61, 102, 134, 159
Roma, 12, 40, 51, 53, 556
Steno, 62
Roman Holiday, 98
Stevens Curl, James, 161
Romanzo criminale (Criminal Story), 57, Stirling, James, 17, 155, 162, 1667
667, 71, 76
Sullivan Louis, 181
Toby Dammit, 12, 40, 513, 56
Tot cerca casa (Tot Looks for a House), Taut, Bruno, 163
Tel Aviv, 4
76
Terranova, Antonio, 20
Un giorno in pretura (A Day in Court),
127
Thompson, Hunter S., 187
Velocit massima (Maximum Speed), 13, Toby Dammit, 12, 40, 513, 56
57, 679, 71
Tokyo, 4
Rosi, Francesco, 76
Tonkiss, Fran, 123, 129

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Tot cerca casa (Tot Looks for a House), 76

Truffaut, Jean-Francois, 56
Ultimo tango a Parigi (Last Tango in Paris),
878
Ungers, Oswald Mathias, 167, 173
Un giorno in pretura (A Day in Court), 127
Van Wittel, Caspar, 43
Velocit massima (Maximum Speed), 13, 57,
679, 71
Veltroni, Walter, 60, 104, 1201
Venice, 157, 159
Ventroni, Sara, 15, 1334
Venturi, Robert, 9, 17, 101, 155, 159, 162,
1712, 1789, 1812, 1848
Vespignani, Renzo, 29, 1246, 12930
Periferia con gasometro (Periphery with
Gasometer), 1246

Vetriani, Costantino, 142

Vicari, Daniele, 13, 57, 689, 77
Vichi, Ernesto, 151, 153
Vidotto, Vittorio, 3, 910, 98
Villani, Rodolfo, 141
Vinegar, Aron, 187
Warhol, Andy, 157
Weaver, Thomas, 160
Williams, Raymond, 8
Winckelmann, Johann, 44
Wolfe, Tom, 187
Yourcenar, Marguerite, 173
Zampa, Luigi, 62
Zeichen, Valentino, 1345

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