▶
#325501 Storia Opere Generali

The Families who Made Rome. A History and a Guide.

Autore
EditoreChatto & Windus.
Data di pubbl.
Dettagli cm.15x24 pp.418, con illustrazioni. Legatura editoriale con sovraccoperta figurata a colori.
AbstractHow often does a visitor to Rome drift towards some landmark - the palazzo Barberini, say, or piazza Colonna - and wonder who created it? Why? What was their story? This fascinating book provides the answer. At once a history and a guide, sumptuous and authoritative, it divides Rome into the districts dominated by the noble clans who in turn became fabulously rich when one of their members was made Pope: the Cenci, Colonna, della Rovere, Farnese, Borghese, Barberini and others. In each case Anthony Majanlahti tells the family story - powerful, bloody and vivid - with all the scandals and intrigues and scrabbling for power, the building of palazzi and piazza and churches, as well as relationships with artists like Bernini and Michelangelo. An itinerary with maps and engravings then allows readers to walk round the area, with a detailed guide to buildings, streets, gardens and special features. The Roman aristocracy, turbulent and ambitious, placed their stamp on the city. Nobles, whether blowing up buildings with fireworks to make piazzas, or designing fountains to denote their bountiful wealth, created the dazzling splendour we see today. No other guide describes the development of Rome in this way: this book is completely new, including colourful material from old diaries and journals. As we stroll through Rome's history - either literally or in the imagination - we discover it afresh. Famous sites like the Trevi Fountain, the Spanish Steps and even St Peter's itself take on new significance as we watch the city rise from cramped medieval streets to become a glorious Renaissance and baroque panorama of piazzas and palaces, fountains and towers and domes. And always, in the background stand the ruins of the classical Imperial city, at once a model and a warning. Little 'intermezzi' fill in the background to each period, and the whole story runs on into the Rome of today, where remnants of these families still live -in gilded splendour, or squalour.
EAN9780701176877
CondizioniUsato, molto buono
NoteImperfezioni alla sovraccoperta.
EUR 20.00
-25%
EUR 15.00
#325501Ultima copia
Aggiungi al Carrello

Visualizzati di recente...

Il Rococò. Arte e civiltà del secolo XVIII.
Il Rococò. Arte e civiltà del secolo XVIII.
Electa
1960, cm.27x35, pp.129, 316 tra ill.e tavv.bn.di cui 78 nt.e 238 f rilegatura in tutta tela.
Usato, buono
#27871Ultima copia
€ 25.00
Michele Sanmichele architettore veronese.
Valdonega
1960, cm.23x29, pp.100, 9 splendide tavole ft. legatura ed.in mz.pelle, custodia.
Usato, come nuovo
#126332Ultima copia
€ 180.00
Poggio a Caiano. Fatti e vicende storiche.
Poggio a Caiano. Fatti e vicende storiche.
Comune di Poggio a Caiano
2005, cm.18x25, pp.286, 287 ill.bn nt., legatura ed.in balacron, sovraccop.fig.
Usato, come nuovo
#1273542 copie
€ 30.00 € 11.50
9788835501459-L'angelo del secondo piano.
L'angelo del secondo piano.
Leonardo Ed.
giugno 1991, cm.16x23, pp.140, legatura editoriale sopraccoperta figurata a colori.
Usato, molto buono
#180385Ultima copia
€ 13.00