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The Borghese Gallery / Paolo Moreno, Chiara Stefani ; foreword by Claudio Strinati ; introduction by Alba Costamagna ; essays by Anna Coliva, Kristina Herrmann Fiore and Paolo Moreno.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moreno, Paolo.
- Language:
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Galleria Borghese--Guidebooks.
- Galleria Borghese.
- Genre:
- Guidebooks.
- Physical Description:
- 415 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Milan : Touring club italiano, [2000]
- Summary:
- Famous works of art adorning the magnificent rooms of an aristocratic residence: this guide -- published with the collaboration of the Soprintendenza per i Beni Artistici e Storici, Rome, and the museum management -- is devoled to the Borghese Gallery.
- The room-by-room description of the gallery, supplemented by useful plans, allows visitors to admire all the paintings and sculptures on display, as well as over a hundred works in the outstanding archaeological collection.
- Each work is fully treated in an entry accompanied by a photograph in which the colours of the original are faithfully reproduced. The result is a guide that, more than any other hitherto, conveys the richness and complexity of this unique collection.
- Contents:
- Scipione Borghese as a Collector / Anna Coliva 16
- Scipione Borghese's New, All'antica Villa / Kristina Herrmann Fiore 24
- The Collection of Antiquities / Paolo Moreno 30.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 410-412) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 8836519466
- OCLC:
- 45897656
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