Editing Roman Forum (section)

==In art==

From the 17th through the 19th century, the Roman Forum was a site for many artists and architects studying in Rome to sketch. The focus of many of these works produced by visiting Northern artists was on the current state of the Roman Forum, known locally as the Campo Vaccino, or "cow field", from the livestock who grazed on the largely ignored section of the city. [[Claude Lorrain]]'s 1636 ''Campo Vaccino'' shows the extent to which the buildings in the Forum were buried under sediment. Renowned British artist [[J. M. W. Turner]] painted ''Modern Rome – Campo Vaccino'' in 1839, following his final trip to the city.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Modern Rome – Campo Vaccino (Getty Museum) |url=https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/251762/joseph-mallord-william-turner-modern-rome-campo-vaccino-british-1839/ |website=The J. Paul Getty in Los Angeles}}</ref>

[[File:Rome- Ruins of the Forum, Looking towards the Capitol.jpg|thumb|''Rome: Ruins of the Forum, Looking Towards the Capitol'' (1742) by [[Canaletto]], showing the remains of the [[Temple of Castor and Pollux]]]] 
The Roman Forum has been a source of inspiration for visual artists for centuries. Especially notable is [[Giovanni Battista Piranesi]], who created a set of 135 etchings, the ''Vedute di Roma'' ("Views of Rome"), in which the Forum figured significantly. (Many of the features documented in Piranesi's views have now vanished.)

Other notable artists of the Forum include [[Canaletto]], [[Maerten van Heemskerck]], [[Pirro Ligorio]], [[Giovanni Paolo Panini]], and [[Hubert Robert]].