Showpiece and utility
Subtitle: more eighteenth-century Neapolitan staircases
By: [editor] Dirk De Meyer ; with a preface by Marius Grootveld
Publisher: A&S/Books
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Gent
Language: eng
Number of pages: 117
ISBN-13: 9789076714523
Subjects: Exhibitions; Staircases; History; Designs and plans; Baroque Architecture
Description: This book documents the development of the open staircase typology in Naples at the moment that it shifted from the traditional, monumental Baroque palace staircase towards the later palazzo or condominium staircase that was serving four, five or more levels of apartments. These staircases are considered "the star(s) of the palace composition in Naples". The book is the outcome of a master seminar in Architectural History at Ghent University. It continues a first publication from 2017.
Notes: Published to accompany an exhibition held at the VANDENHOVE Centrum voor Architectuur en Kunst / UGent, Ghent, Belgium, June 29-September 29, 2018.

Includes bibliographical references (page 35).