Jones, Altarpieces and Their Viewers in the Churches of Rome from Caravaggio to Guido Reni
A social history of reception, this study focuses on sacred art and Catholicism in Rome during the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The ...
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More than 400 years after his death, Andrea Palladio (1508-80) remains one of the most influential architects of all time. This catalogue explores ...
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Taste and the Antique offers a comprehensive and accessible overview of the reception and afterlife of the most famous ancient statues discovered in ...
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The 18th-century rediscovery of the three archaic Greek-Doric temples in Paestum in southern Italy turned existing ideas on classical architecture upside down. The porous ...
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“There may not be any book on architecture so delightful to dip into; one wishes there were a pocket edition to take on ...
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“Rome, golden, eternally powerful, glorious, world-dominating Rome, sovereign of cities, city of cities, the fortunate, regal, holy city, the greatest of cities, seat ...
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Blunt, Guide to Baroque Rome
Identifies and sketches the history of baroque-style churches, palaces, villas, and fountains in Rome and includes a brief look at the Vatican and ...
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St. Peter’s in the Vatican has a long and turbulent history. First constructed in the fourth century to honor the tomb of St. ...
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Blunt, Baroque and Rococo: Architecture and Decoration
A study of a period in art and design ranges from Baroque architecture in Rome in the early 1600s through Bernini, Boromini, and ...
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Giovanni Pietro Bellori was one of the most important intellectuals of seventeenth-century Italy. Although best known today for his art criticism and biographies ...
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