Edifices de Rome Moderne, Volume 1

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Princeton Architectural Press, 1982 - Architecture - 354 pages
Paul Letarouilly's masterpiece, Edifices de Rome Moderne, has been hailed as the most beautiful book on Renaissance architecture ever published. Letarouilly devoted 35 years to drawing the plans, sections, elevations, perspectives, and large-scale details of gardens, convents, palaces, and churches of Renaissance Rome. His keen observational ability and immaculate drawing skills make this work an indispensable sourcebook. In many cases his etchings remain the only measured plans or elevations available; he also recorded buildings destroyed by later demolitions.

Princeton Architectural Press's Reprint Series was established in 1981 to make rare volumes on architecture available to a wider audience. The books' beautiful reproductions and finest quality printing and binding match those of the originals, while their 9-by-12-inch format makes them accessible and affordable. New introductions bring a modern voice to these classic texts, updating them to become invaluable contemporary resources. These critically acclaimed books are an essential addition to any library.

 

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di Loreto
7
Costa
43
della Pace
97
S Pietro in Montorio
103
S Giovanni de Genovesi
110
Della Fornarina dite
142
CHAPELLES
163
Hors de la porte S Sebastiano
177
Du couvent de SS Apostoli
195
Pl 187
227
delle Grazie a Porta Angelica plan
233
S Prassede
279
Sonnino plan
313
de Lucchesi
333
55
347
Cascade dans le jardin du palais Colonna
348

Près S M della Pace
193

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