Landscape and Identity in Early Modern Rome: Villa Culture at Frascati in the Borghese Era (Monuments of Papal Rome)

Ehrlich, Tracy L.

ISBN 10: 0521592577 / ISBN 13: 9780521592574

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Landscape and Identity in Early Modern Rome: Villa Culture at Frascati in the Borghese Era (Monuments of Papal Rome)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521592577
• ISBN 13: 9780521592574
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Throughout the early modern period, the villas of Frascati played a central role in Roman social politics. New families penetrated Roman society and began to climb from the ranks of the ecclesiastical nobility into the secular aristocracy in the mid-sixteenth century. In this study, Tracy Ehrlich analyzes one such villa--the Villa Mondragone--(built by Pope Paul V Borghese) to demonstrate how architecture, landscape and rituals of villegiatura (villa life) were used to forge a new identity as a Roman noble house.

Book Description

Throughout the early modern period, the villas of Frascati played a central role in Roman social politics. In the mid-sixteenth century, new families penetrated Roman society and began to climb from the ranks of the ecclesiastical nobility into the secular aristocracy. In this study, Tracy Ehrlich analyses the Villa Mondragone, built by Pope Paul V Borghese in an effort to demonstrate how architecture, landscape and rituals of villegiatura (villa life) were used to forge a new identity as a Roman noble house.