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Anthony Langdon

A Guide to Baroque Rome

The Palaces

Anthony Langdon

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English
Pallas Athene Publishers
01 February 2025
Art & design styles: Baroque; Palaces, chateaux, country houses
The palaces built in Rome in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries are some of the most magnificent buildings in Europe – yet they remain relatively unfamiliar. This is the first stand-alone overview guide ever published. We produce it as a companion volume to our revised edition of Anthony Blunt's seminal A Guide to Baroque Rome: The Churches.

In this volume, Anthony Langdon draws on an encyclopaedic knowledge of the hugely productive scholarship in the field, which he distills with elegance, acumen and wit. Over the last 30 years all aspects of the design, construction, decoration and functions of these great houses have been examined and our understanding of the period has been transformed. Scholars and visitors will find this volume stimulating, concise and eminently readable.

The rich illustrations include over 140 contemporary prints, as well as plans, elevations, and specially taken photographs. Full references and indexes complete this indispensable aid to further research.

AUTHOR: Anthony Langdon worked in the UK civil service until his retirement as a Deputy Under-Secretary of State in 1995. Since then he has lived in London, Rome and Orvieto.

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This volume is Anthony Langdon's guide to Rome's baroque palaces, companion to Anthony Blunt's A Guide to Baroque Rome: The Churches and features 140 prints, plus diagrams, new photographs, references and indexes

144 b/w illustrations
By:  
Imprint:   Pallas Athene Publishers
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 210mm,  Width: 147mm, 
Weight:   372g
ISBN:   9781843682530
ISBN 10:   1843682532
Pages:   292
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Unspecified
Introduction 15 A few practical details Visiting the palaces 21 Some essential places to see 22 Some possible itineraries 22 A note on the prints used to illustrate this book 27 The Palaces 35 General Bibliography 259 Select Bibliographies and Notes 263 Glossary 283 Index of artists 285 Index of streets 291

Anthony Langdon worked in the UK civil service until his retirement as a Deputy Under-Secretary of State in 1995. Since then he has lived in London, Rome and Orvieto.

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