ABSTRACT

This book deals with the city of Rome and its buildings in the period between Bernini's death in 1680 and the year 1797, when Thorvaldsen came to the papal city. It focuses on dealing mainly with some types of architectural monuments—such as monasteries, public civic buildings and town houses.

chapter |32 pages

The Great Motifs

An Introduction

chapter |126 pages

The Capital of Christendom

chapter |37 pages

Convents and Monasteries

chapter |55 pages

The Common Weal

chapter |63 pages

The Palaces

chapter |108 pages

Squares and Streets

chapter |66 pages

Houses in the Country

chapter |44 pages

The Call of the Ruins

An Epilogue