HADRIAN'S VILLA and Its Legacy
by MacDonald, William L. ; John A. Pinto
- Used
- near fine
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0300068514
- ISBN 13
- 9780300068511
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
New Haven: Yale University Press. Near Fine. 1997. Original Pictorial Wrappers. x, (2), 392 pages; Clean and secure in original pictorial wrappers. Extensively illustrated A description and interpretation of the great Villa built by Emperor Hadrian near Tivoli, as it existed in Roman times, together with a description of how the Villa has influenced artists and architects in history, from the Renaissance through to the present day."This lavishly illustrated book ... is the most ample and informed work on the villa, its figurative decoration and sculpture collection, and the first study of its reception over the past 500 years. ... An essential source of information on one of the glories of Western architecture." [Ackerman, TLS] .
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- Bookseller
- Antiquarian Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44626
- Title
- HADRIAN'S VILLA and Its Legacy
- Author
- MacDonald, William L. ; John A. Pinto
- Format/Binding
- Original Pictorial Wrappers
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0300068514
- ISBN 13
- 9780300068511
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven
- Date Published
- 1997
- Size
- 4to.
- Keywords
- Emperor Hadrian, Hadrian's Villa, Roman Architecture, Renaissance architecture, Archeology, Archaeology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Archeology; Architecture; Classical Studies;
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