The art of the Renaissance in Rome 1400-1600
By: Loren Partridge.
Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780131344006; 9780131938328
Subjects: Art, Renaissance -- Italy -- Rome.; Art, Italian -- Italy -- Rome.; Art patronage -- Italy -- Rome -- History.; Art, Italian -- Vatican City.
Other titles: Art of Renaissance Rome, 1400-1600; Dr. Frank Kowsky; Art of Renaissance Rome, 1400-1600.
Description: Features the art and architecture of the Renaissance in Rome, Includes paintings, sculpture, frescoes, churches, palaces, villas, fountains.
Notes: "A perspectives book from Prentice Hall"--Cover.

Originally published under the title: The art of Renaissance Rome, 1400-1600 by Calmann & King, 1996.

Dr. Frank Kowsky.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-179) and index.
Table of contents: value: Introduction: patronage and Popes: saints or sinners?; value: Urbanism: rotting cadavers and the New Jerusalem; value: Churches: harmony of the spheres and construction chaos; value: Palaces: magnificence and mayhem; value: Altarpieces: spirit and matter; value: Chapel decoration: space, time, and eternity; value: Halls of state: arts of power; value: Conclusion: 1600 and beyond.