Seventeenth-Century Roman Palaces, Use And The Art Of The Plan

Waddy, Patricia
1990 (First Edition). The Architectural History Foundation and The Massachusetts Institute of Technology , New York, United States

This scholarly work is a pioneering study charting the intricate relationship between plan and use in the palaces of the Borghese, Barberini and Chigi families at the pinnacle of Roman society thrust into prominence and wealth by the election of their kinsmen to the papacy. This work presents a basis for the reevaluation of 17th century design skills, essential to the understanding of Roman architecture at the time. Prof. Waddy received the Hitchcock Book Award for The Most Distinguished Scholarship In The History Of Architecture 1991-1992 for this particular work.

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Specifications

Author Waddy, Patricia
Publisher The Architectural History Foundation and The Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Place Published New York, United States
Year Published 1990 (First Edition)
Date of First Edition
or Edition Notes
1990
Size Super 8vo - Octavo, 279mm x 178mm
Chapters XV and Extensive notes
Pages 456pp

Condition Report

Cover Hardcover, dust wrapper in excellent condition protected by clear archival covering.
Overall Large neat gift inscription on front free end paper and minor flecking on top fore edge otherwise text in excellent condition.