The Renaissance in Rome_Loren Partridge_9781780670294_Laurence King Publishing

Author: Loren Partridge

Format: Paperback | 184 pages

Dimensions: 166 x 235 x 12.7mm | 490g

Publication date: 29 Aug 2012

Rome as we know it is largely a creation of the Renaissance, restructured and risen anew from a neglected medieval town. This book traces the extraordinary works of painting, sculpture, and architecture commissioned by Rome's church and civic nobility as part of their rival bids for power and prestige. With the aid of 118 illustrations, most of them in color, Loren Partridge charts the course of Rome's transformation into the most magnificent showpiece of the Catholic world.