A comprehensive study of the late-eighteenth-century redecoration of the exhibition spaces at the Borghese palace and villa in Rome and the reinstallation of the family's vast art collection, this book makes an important contribution to our understanding of Italian art at a complex moment of transition from baroque to neo-classical style, as well as to the emerging field of museum history, demonstrating that these spaces were among the most influential models of the modern art museum.
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A comprehensive study of the late-eighteenth-century redecoration of the exhibition spaces at the Borghese palace and villa in Rome and the reinstallation of the family's vast art collection, this book makes an important contribution to our understanding of Italian art at a complex moment of transition from baroque to neo-classical style, as well as to the emerging field of museum history, demonstrating that these spaces were among the most influential models of the modern art museum.
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VG (Boards are lightly edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; textblock edges have extremely light smudging; interior is clean; binding is solid. ). VG-(DJ is lightly edgeworn/scuffed/smudged/foxed. ) Black cloth boards with gilt lettering; brown and black illustrated DJ with brown lettering; xvi, 318 pp.; richly illustrated. "The redecoration of the exhibition spaces at the Borghese palace and villa, undertaken together with the reinstallation of the family's vast art collections, was one of the most important events in the cultural life of eighteenth-century Rome. In this comprehensive study, Carole Paul reconstructs the planning and execution of the project and explains its multifaceted significance: its place in the history of Italian art, architecture, and interior design at a complex moment of transition from baroque to neoclassical style, as well as its unrecognized but profound influence on the development of the modern art museum." "The study shows how the installations and decorations worked together to evoke traditional themes in innovative ways. Addressed primarily to a new audience of tourists from abroad, the thematic content of the spaces celebrated the greatness of the Borghese family and of Roman tradition, while their stylistic diversity and sophistication made a case for the continued vitality-even modernity-of Roman art and culture. Designed for the exercise of a highly refined social performance, these sites helped to model the experience of art as a form of enlightened modern civility."--DJ.
Add this copy of The Borghese Collections and the Display of Art in the to cart. $210.05, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2008 by Routledge.
