Roma Barocca comprises a complete history of building activity in Rome from about 1600 to 1750, but it acquires a far broader interest because of the critical method which it applies to one of the key periods and centers in the history of architecture and urbanism.
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Roma Barocca comprises a complete history of building activity in Rome from about 1600 to 1750, but it acquires a far broader interest because of the critical method which it applies to one of the key periods and centers in the history of architecture and urbanism.
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Add this copy of Roma Barocca: the History of an Architectonic Culture to cart. $221.01, very good condition, Sold by Magers and Quinn Booksellers rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Minneapolis, MN, UNITED STATES, published 1970 by MIT Press (MA).
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Very Good. Condition: Very Good; Oversize hardcover in dustjacket. Gray cloth binding. 569 pages. Condition is Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket. Book has clean covers and pages and a tight binding. Jacket clean and bright with two closed tears that are almost invisible under the mylar. First Edition. Photos upon request.
Add this copy of Roma Barocca: the History of an Architectonic Culture to cart. $239.95, very good condition, Sold by Flamingo Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Menifee, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1970 by MIT Press.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 9x0x12; 1970 MIT Press (Cambridge, Massachusetts), massive 10 5/8 x 12 1/4 inches tall x 2 3/4 inches thick beige monks cloth hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, red design and lettering to front cover and spine, pictorial endpapers, copiously illustrated with black-and-white and color photographs, plans and drawings, many folding, 569 pp. Very slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy-clean, bright and unmarked-in a slightly rubbed and edgeworn dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~RCL~ [10.0P] Comprises a complete history of building activity in Rome from about 1600 to 1750. But it acquires a far broader interest because of the critical method which it applies to one of the key periods and centers in the history of architecture and urbanism. The discussion includes a broad summary of the urban policies and building programs of the popes as well as an analytic history of the artistic culture of Rome as documented by the theoretical writings and architectural publications of the period. Against this historical background the basic formal principles and compositional methods of the Baroque are verified through critical and technical analyses of the monuments themselves. In this way the author is able to define those great themes which held the attention of the artistic world in the complex period known as Baroque: 'the themes of infinity, of the relativity of perceptions, of the popular and vernacular artistic expression and the communicative force of art, of history conceived as a continual development, of technology as a factor of independence and autonomous authority for the arts, and the theme of nature interpreted as a dynamic process. ' The three great masters Bernini, Borromini, and Cortona are treated in individual chapters. The dynamic eruption of creative energy manifest in the works of these architects, whose contributions comprised the revolutionary use of light, the unification of all the arts, and above all the ability, on both the architectonic and urban scales, to operate directly on space, is here analyzed with penetrating perspective. But the lesser architects who worked contemporaneously with the masters are also fully discussed. Architects of the generation following that of the masters, such as Carlo Rainaldi and Carlo Fontana, are studied critically in light of the rich legacy to which they fell heir and which they seriously undermined through their essentially regressive and conservative positions.
Add this copy of Roma Barocca: the History of an Architectonic Culture to cart. $260.00, very good condition, Sold by art longwood books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1970 by The MIT Press.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Folio-over 12"-15" tall. Hardcover in dust jacket, linen cloth. large and heavy volume., very well preserved copy. clean. no markings. no bumps, tears, chips. strong binding.; translated from the italian by barbara luigia penta.; 569pp., profusely illustrated in b/w, with numerous bound-in sections on different paper and gatefolds. a massive work of scholarship.
Add this copy of Roma Barocca: the History of an Architectonic Culture to cart. $278.25, very good condition, Sold by Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1970 by MIT Press.
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VG/G. (spine top spongy, textblock & pgs firm. light wear to cloth edges. dustjacket has edge-wear; spine top chipped; corners torn; spine has tear) Grey cloth with orange/red printing & design. 569 pp w/ 475 illustrations; plans, folded-out plates. glossy, pictorial dustjacket w/ black printing. Text in English. A beautifully illustrated work. A nice clean copy. Photo is of a previous copy from our collection.
Add this copy of Roma Barocca: the History of an Architectonic Culture to cart. $290.00, very good condition, Sold by Karl Theis rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Torrance, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1970 by The MIT Press.
Add this copy of Roma Barocca the History of an Architectonic Culture to cart. $295.00, very good condition, Sold by Design Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from New York, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1970 by MIT Press.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. This is a very good hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket. The jacket has one repaired chip at the base of the spine. Completely clean. Text in English. Illustrated throughout in black & white photogravure photographs. Bibliography. 12" high X 10" wide, 569 pages. Large very heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
Add this copy of Roma Barocca. the History of an Architectonic Culture. to cart. $350.00, very good condition, Sold by Zephyr Used & Rare Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Vancouver, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1970 by The MIT Press.
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Thick folio. 569, [1] pp. Nearly 500 photo illustrations, plates, diagrams, tables, architectural plans (several large folding, 1 large double-page folding in full colour). Beige linen cloth, embossed red architectural drawing & lettering on front cover, spine, very minor scuff to back cover), w/ d.j. (minor edgewear, rubbing, 1 very small closed tear back cover), VG/VG copy, from the library of William McDonald, Jr. (1921-2010), noted historian of Classical Roman architecture and art, w/ ownership markings on half-title. First edition of this sumptuously illustrated and complete history of the building activity in Rome from 1600 to 1750. The author discusses the urban policies, and building programs of the popes, as well as an analytical history of the artistic culture of Rome documented by the theoretical writings and architectural publications of the period. He presents the formal principles and compositional methods of the Baroque, and includes individual chapters of the great masters Bernini, Borromini, and Cortona.