In Rome the 18th century is everywhere but no one knows it. Or rather, I didn’t know it. To notice it is not simple, we must be careful, it gets into the folds of the city, it sheds, and can be confused with the baroque. But the Trevi Fountain or the staircase of the Trinité-des-Monts are of the eighteenth century, the facade of the Basilicas of Sainte-Marie-Majeure and Sainte-Croix-de-jerusalem as well as many palaces and residences are also. And rococo? I had never thought of a rococo Rome, it was easier for me to imagine Paris or Venice.” Anna Vivante With the aim of discovering the 18th century in Rome, which is everywhere but is still so little known, the photographer Anna Vivante’s gaze naturally turned to the staircase of the Trinité-des-Monts (1723-1726) or the Trevi Fountain (1732-1751), but also, through the streets and inside the churches, to suggestive architectural and sculptural details. The talent of Anna Vivante, an archaeologist by training and photographer of the inanimate, is to make us go back in time, sometimes only with the help of a fragment, and in fact, the walk in Rome, more than any other city, is an invitation, through these small details perceived by the gaze, to immerse us in the civilizations that preceded us.