The villa in the life of Renaissance Rome:

"Tracing the history of the Roman villa during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, David Coffin presents the first comprehensive study of the subject of villeggiatura (withdrawal to a country residence) in English. Further, his book is the first in any language to analyze the villa in terms...

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Main Author: Coffin, David R. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton Princeton University Press [1979]
Series:Princeton monographs in art and archaeology 34
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Online Access:DE-255
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Summary:"Tracing the history of the Roman villa during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, David Coffin presents the first comprehensive study of the subject of villeggiatura (withdrawal to a country residence) in English. Further, his book is the first in any language to analyze the villa in terms of its social function and meaning rather than its architecture and formal properties. Coffin draws on a wide variety of printed material and previously unused sources to explore twenty of the most important residences built by dignitaries of Church and State. Early plans and drawings and photographs aid him in reconstructing the leisure activity of the leaders of Renaissance society in the settings that were built to enhance it"--Publisher's description
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xx, 385 Seiten) 246 Illustrationen (some color), Pläne
ISBN:0300249705
9780300249705
DOI:10.37862/aaeportal.00163

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