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Pietro da Cortona and Roman Baroque architecture / Jörg Martin Merz ; incorporating a draft by the late Anthony Blunt.
Fine Arts Library NA1123.C647 B58 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Merz, Jörg Martin.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pietro, da Cortona, 1597-1669--Criticism and interpretation.
- Pietro.
- Pietro, da Cortona, 1597-1669.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Architecture, Baroque--Italy--Rome.
- Architecture, Baroque.
- Italy--Rome.
- Decoration and ornament, Architectural--Italy--Rome.
- Decoration and ornament, Architectural.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 362 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, [2008]
- Contents:
- Aerial view of Rome
- Youth and early training
- The Villa Sacchetti at Castelfusano
- Palazzo Barberini
- The Sanctuary of Fortune at Palestrina
- S. Lorenzo in Damaso
- SS. Luca e Martina
- Tombs and altars
- Florentine interlude
- Three decorative cycles
- The Pamphilj mausoleum at the Chiesa Nuova
- The Villa del Pigneto Sacchetti
- The artist's house
- S. Maria della Pace
- The design for a palace on Piazza Colonna
- S. Maria in Via Lata
- The design for the Louvre
- Late ecclesiastical works
- Architecture on paintings, drawings and engravings
- Personality
- Cortona, Bernini, Borromini and tradition
- Influence
- Later reputation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-345) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0300111231
- 9780300111231
- OCLC:
- 62134784
- Online:
- Publisher description
- Contributor biographical information
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