Title: Palazzo Capponi-Barocchi : from the Agli to the Barocchi through Six Centuries /
Authors: Preyer, Brenda.; Elam, Caroline, 1945-
Year: 2014
Subjects: Palazzo Capponi-Barocchi (Florence, Italy); Architecture, Domestic Italy Florence.; Florence (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc.
Abstract: The book traces the history of the palace that houses the publishing house S.P.E.S., treating the location and changes in attitude towards the river, the various families (Bartolomeo Ammannati-Laura Battiferra -a member of the Vettori family, intill the Barocchi family that bought the palace in 1921) who lived in the palace, the architecture and the development of the plan, the use through the centuries of the spaces of the interior.
Contents: The setting: between the new street and the river -- Bernaba degli Agli in Frescobaldi, and Capponi, Territory -- Niccolò Capponi of the Charmed Life -- The dream of Bartolomeo Ammannati and Laura Battiferra? -- The Minucci, from Volterra to Florence, and back again -- A second neighborhood family, the Vettori, in the palace for 150 years -- Another artist living, and also teaching, in the palace, then the decline -- Living in the palace, and more about the interior -- The Barocchi Salvi Renascence.