Rome Antics

$19.95 at de Young Museum.

The long-awaited reissue of David Macaulay’s love letter to the city of Rome—a tour de force of his trademark pen-and-ink drawing.A pigeon carrying an important message takes the reader on a unique tour through Rome. As we follow the path of this somewhat wayward bird, we discover that Rome is a place where past and present live side by side. It is a city that has been recycling itself for two thousand years, but unlike a museum, Rome displays its remarkable history without respect for chronology. A new…