Culture Architect Enlightenment Rome Hb

by Heather Hyde Minor

Beginning in the 1730s, Heather Minor tells us, Rome "began to resemble one huge construction site," with a series of ambitious and expensive new building campaigns that transformed the face and substance of the city. From renovations of the Santa Maria Maggiore and San Giovanni in Laterano and the restoration of the Arch of Constantine to the creation of the Capitoline Museum and the establishment of the papacy's Calcografia, the push for reform...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271035641
• ISBN13: 9780271035642
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 3.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.1" x 10.2"