The Vision of Rome in Late Renaissance France Margaret M. McGowan

Format:
Paperback
Publication date:
11 Dec 2000
ISBN:
9780300085358
Dimensions:
454 pages: 245 x 178 x 32mm
Illustrations:
4 colour pl 90 illustrations

The richness of Ancient Rome was an inspiration to writers, artists, scholars and architects in 16th-century France. This work explores the ways in which the perception of Rome as a physical and symbolic entity stimulated intellectual endeavour across the disciplines.