"When all of Rome was under construction" : the building process in baroque Rome / Dorothy Metzger Habel.

Main entry:

Habel, Dorothy Metzger, 1950-

Title & Author:

"When all of Rome was under construction" : the building process in baroque Rome / Dorothy Metzger Habel.

Publication:

Description:

232 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-223) and index.
The urban redevelopment of Piazza Colonna I : "senza spesa ne aggravare alcuno" -- The urban redevelopment of Piazza Colonna II : "il negotio restava aggiustato" -- The repercussions of building Piazza S. Pietro : "in tempo che tutta Roma era in fabrica" -- Lorenzo Pizzatti and his "Roza riforma" : a pavonazzo speaks up "tutto per ben publico."

Summary:

"Analyzes the politics and economics of architecture and the building process in seventeenth-century Rome. Explores topics ranging from the financing of construction to the availability of materials and personnel"--Provided by publisher.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9780271055732 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0271055731 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Alexander VII, Pope, 1599-1667.
Alexander VII, Pope.
Bibel Römerbrief
Plazas Italy Rome Design and construction History 17th century.
City planning Italy Rome History 17th century.
Architecture and state Italy Rome History 17th century.
Architecture Politique gouvernementale Italie Rome Histoire 17e siècle.
Architecture and Planning.
Architecture and state
City planning
Plazas Design and construction
Städtebau
Architektur
Piazza Colonna (Rome, Italy) History 17th century.
Piazza San Pietro (Vatican City) History 17th century.
Piazza Colonna (Rome, Italie) Histoire 17e siècle.
Piazza San Pietro (Vatican) Histoire 17e siècle.
Italy Rome
Italy Rome Piazza Colonna
Vatican City Piazza San Pietro
Piazza Colonna
Petersplatz

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Rome perspectives.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 287632
Call No.: BIB 228835
Status: Available

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