Anthony Blunt
0 9529986 5 3
£49.95
562pp over 200 illustrations and diagrams
2 full colour maps full indexes
Hardback 205 x 150mm portrait
Anthony Blunt's Guide to Baroque Rome, the fruit of a lifetime's work, was a pathbreaking book when it was published in 1982. It quickly established itself as essential reading for traveller and student alike and a new generation of scholars was inspired to explore this field in even greater depth.
Pallas Athene is now proud to present the first synthesis of these exciting new discoveries, in a fully revised edition of a book that has been called 'the greatest architectural guidebook ever written'. This new edition will be published in two volumes.
In Baroque Rome: The Churches over 250 churches are described, with each entry discussing in detail the history of the building, its design and construction as well as its significant features and decoration (including paintings).
Enormous amounts of new information have been amassed since the original edition appeared, and particular care has been taken to make this material as accessible as possible, whether it is an appraisal of the patronage history of a particular chapel, a new attribution, or the full significance of a fresco cycle. Full references and bibliographies are provided in a clearer format than hitherto, and the introductory material, maps, illustrations, and indices have been augmented and improved.
The result is one of the most illuminating and comprehensive guides to a city and to an architectural style ever published.
The reviser, Dr. Michael Erwee, has been working on this new edition for fifteen years. Further editorial support has been provided by Dr. Jennifer Montagu of the Warburg Institute, together with Lisa Adams, Sebastian Wormell, Alexander Fyjis-Walker and Dany McNutt of the Courtauld Institute.
