Landscape and Identity in Early Modern Rome
Download or Read eBook Landscape and Identity in Early Modern Rome PDF written by Tracy L. Ehrlich and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-10-14 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Tracy L. Ehrlich |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 442 |
Release | : 2002-10-14 |
ISBN-10 | : 0521592577 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780521592574 |
Rating | : 4/5 (77 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Landscape and Identity in Early Modern Rome by : Tracy L. Ehrlich
Book excerpt: Throughout the early modern period, the villas of Frascati played a central role in Roman social politics. New families penetrated Roman society and began to climb from the ranks of the ecclesiastical nobility into the secular aristocracy in the mid-sixteenth century. In this study, Tracy Ehrlich analyzes one such villa--the Villa Mondragone--(built by Pope Paul V Borghese) to demonstrate how architecture, landscape and rituals of villegiatura (villa life) were used to forge a new identity as a Roman noble house.