In simplest terms, it is a house tour, but Mario Praz's Roman apartment was no ordinary house it was a wunderkammer , a house of wonders, rooms replete with objects d'art and sculpture, walls hung with paintings and prints, bureaus overflowing with postcards and ephemera. And Praz is no ordinary guide; he leads you, the reader, through each room discussing the objects therein. What emerge are his passions, his immense erudition, his insatiable curiosity, his undeniable amiability, his infectious enthusiasm. What emerges is ...
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In simplest terms, it is a house tour, but Mario Praz's Roman apartment was no ordinary house it was a wunderkammer , a house of wonders, rooms replete with objects d'art and sculpture, walls hung with paintings and prints, bureaus overflowing with postcards and ephemera. And Praz is no ordinary guide; he leads you, the reader, through each room discussing the objects therein. What emerge are his passions, his immense erudition, his insatiable curiosity, his undeniable amiability, his infectious enthusiasm. What emerges is a multi-layered disquisition on the nature of art, on the challenge of investigation and discovery, on the way in which art and the objects we choose to surround us tell stories.
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Add this copy of The House of Life to cart. $75.75, very good condition, Sold by Second Story Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rockville, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1964 by Oxford University Press.
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Book. Octavo, 360 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Spine gilt with black lettering. Exterior has moderate wear including rubbing to the joints/fore edges and minor wear to the head/tail edges. Boards have minimal wear with very slight edges wear. Text block has very mild wear including faint age toning to the edges and light wear interiorly. Illustrated. First US edition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column O, ND-O. 1388491. FP New Rockville Stock.
