Format:
320 S
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zahlr. Ill
ISBN:
0300109091
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9780300151473
Uniform Title:
Antichità di Roma 〈engl.〉
Content:
Andrea Palladio (1508-1580), one of the famous architects of all time, published two popular guides to the churches and antiquities of Rome in 1554. This book describes ancient Roman rituals of birth, marriage, and death. It offers insights into the ecclesiastical preoccupations of one of the greatest of the Renaissance architectural masters.
Content:
Andrea Palladio (1508-1580), one of the most famous architects of all time, published two enormously popular guides to the churches and antiquities of Rome in 1554. Striving to be both scholarly and popular, Palladio invited his Renaissance readers to discover the charm of Rome's ancient and medieval wonders, and to follow pilgrimage routes leading from one church to the next. He also described ancient Roman rituals of birth, marriage, and death. Here translated into English and joined in a single volume for the first time, Palladio's guidebooks allow modern visitors to enjoy Rome exactly as their predecessors did 450 years ago. Like the originals, this new edition is pocket sized and therefore easily read on site. Enhanced with illustrations and commentary, the book also includes the first full English translation of Raphael's famous letter to Pope Leo X on the monuments of ancient Rome. For architectural historians, tourists, and armchair travellers, this book offers fresh and surprising insights into the antiquarian and ecclesiastical preoccupations of one of the greatest of the Renaissance architectural masters.
Language:
English
Keywords:
Rom
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Palladio, Andrea 1508-1580
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Architektur
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Geschichte 1500-1600
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Palladio, Andrea 1508-1580
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Rom
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Architektur
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Führer
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip061/2005028847.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0623/2005028847-b.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0623/2005028847-d.html
Author information:
Palladio, Andrea 1508-1580
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