Edifices du Rome Moderne: ou Recueil des Palais, Maisons, Eglises, Couvents, et autres Monuments Publics et particuliers les plus remarquables de la . (Reprint Series) (English and French Edition)

ISBN 10: 0910413002 / ISBN 13: 9780910413008

Published by Princeton Architectural Press, 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Edifices du Rome Moderne: ou Recueil des Palais, Maisons, Eglises, Couvents, et autres Monuments Publics et particuliers les plus remarquables de la . (Reprint Series) (English and French Edition)
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0910413002
• ISBN 13: 9780910413008
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Paul Letarouilly's masterpiece, Edifices de Rome Moderne, has been hailed as the most beautiful book on Renaissance architecture ever published. Letarouilly devoted 35 years to drawing the plans, sections, elevations, perspectives, and large-scale details of gardens, convents, palaces, and churches of Renaissance Rome. His keen observational ability and immaculate drawing skills make this work an indispensable sourcebook. In many cases his etchings remain the only measured plans or elevations available; he also recorded buildings destroyed by later demolitions. Princeton Architectural Press's reprint contains all 354 plates and Letarouilly's Nolli Map of Rome, a 13 x 35 inch insert that took the artist five years to complete.

Reviews

This edition combines all three volumes published by Letarouilly in France in 1840 and contains 354 plates detailing the most notable buildings in Renaissance Rome. It is more for hardcore architecture collections, although it might be considered for art collections as well.
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