Life and the arts in the baroque palaces of Rome
Subtitle: Ambiente Barocco
By: Stefanie Walker and Frederick Hammond, editors.
Contributors: Walker, Stefanie.; Hammond, Frederick, 1937-; Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts.; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
Publisher: Published for the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, by Yale University Press; Bard Center
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
Subjects: Arts, Baroque -- Italy -- Rome -- Exhibitions; Arts, Italian -- Italy -- Rome -- Exhibitions; Arts and society -- Italy -- Rome -- History -- 17th century -- Exhibitions
Description: The Baroque palaces of seventeenth-century Rome were centers for much of the artistic and cultural activities of the city. This book presents some of the magnificent furnishings from these palaces and explains what they reveal of the social life and art patronage of the major families of the Eternal City during this period.

This book is the catalogue for an exhibition at the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts from March 10 through June 13, the show then travels to the Nelson-Arkins Museum in Kansas City, where it will appear from July 25 through October 3, 1999.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-266) and index.
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, New York, N.Y., Mar. 10-June 13, 1999 and the Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Mo., July 25-Oct. 3, 1999.