Rome of the Renaissance
1972, First Edition. London : Phaidon. Very good cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Light foxing to edges and prelims. Remains well-preserved overall; internally strong and clean. Item #477979
ISBN: 0714814199
Physical description; 450 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, plans ; 29 cm. Notes; Translated from the Italian by Pearl Sanders. Translation of: Roma del Rinascimento. Includes bibliographical references (pages 434-437) and index. Contents; Preface – Part One: 1503-1527. The legacy of the fifteenth century ; Plenitudo Temporum ; The universal language ; Bramante ; The problem of St. Peter's ; Raphael, or the high period of classical rediscovery ; Antonio da Sangallo ; Baldassarre Peruzzi, or Experimentalism ; Andrea Sansovino ; Jacopo Sansovino ; Giulio Romano, or the time of unrest – Part Two: 1527-1564. Politics and culture ; From philosophy to rhetoric ; The mature works of Peruzzi ; Classicism as manner ; Be a friend to the cold stone and the inner fire ; Vignola, or 'appeasement' ; Bartolommeo Ammannati, or the unquiet conscience ; Pirro Ligorio, or 'the fruits of the intellect' ; The Sangallo School ; Vicino Orsini, or the 'rural nobility' – Part Three: The language of Roman classicism ; Bibliography ; Index. Subjects; Architecture, Renaissance – Italy – Rome – 16th century. Rome (Italy) – Buildings, structures, etc. – 16th century.
Price: €65.00