Seventeenth-Century Roman Palaces: Use and the Art of the Plan (Architectural...

Seventeenth-Century Roman Palaces: Use and the Art of the Plan (Architectural History Foundation Book) by Patricia Waddy This book is USED (not new) Condition: - Slight yellowing along top inside edges of DJ; Very Good in Very Good dust jacket Format: Publisher: Mit Pr : , 1990, ISBN: 0262231565 / 0262231565 Dimensions: 20.96cm x 3.18cm x 26.03cm, 470 pages SKU: 5348b - We use NZ Post overnight for delivery so please allow 1-5 days for delivery - If you would like to see more photos of the book, ask a question and we'll add them Book Description: Winner, Alice Davis Hitchcock Award, Society of Architectural Historians. "Buildings have lives in time," observes Patricia Waddy in this pioneering study of the relation between plan and use in the palaces of the Borghese, Barberini, and Chigi families. Waddy reconstructs what was done at precise moments in a building's life, relating these acts of building to the needs and purposes of the owners and offering a rich understanding of architectural activity in seventeenth-century Rome. In its analysis of the relation between plan and use over the course of several decades, Seventeenth-Century Roman Palaces provides a valuable measure for estimating architectural changes over time and a basis for reevaluating seventeenth-century design skills. It is also a fascinating account that shows how the requirements of a hierarchical diplomatic society, whose leaders were celibate churchmen, intersected with a tradition of plasticity, flexibility, and revision in the architecture of Rome's major palaces. Waddy first delves into the complex workings of the household to conceptualize a general program for any large Roman palace of the period. She explains the intricate relationships between design and use at a time when elaborate rules of behavior governed the flow of aristocratic life. The activities of households requiring as many as one hundred staff are examined in lively detail as Waddy describes the specialized ...