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"When all of Rome was under construction" : the building process in baroque Rome /

"Analyzes the politics and economics of architecture and the building process in seventeenth-century Rome. Explores topics ranging from the financing of construction to the availability of materials and personnel"--Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Habel, Dorothy Metzger, 1950-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2013]
Series:Rome perspectives.
Subjects:
Plazas > Italy > Rome > Design and construction > History > 17th century.
City planning > Italy > Rome > History > 17th century.
Architecture and state > Italy > Rome > History > 17th century.
Piazza Colonna (Rome, Italy) > History > 17th century.
Piazza San Pietro (Vatican City) > History > 17th century.
Alexander > VII, > Pope, > 1599-1667.
Description
Summary:"Analyzes the politics and economics of architecture and the building process in seventeenth-century Rome. Explores topics ranging from the financing of construction to the availability of materials and personnel"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:232 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-223) and index.
ISBN:9780271055732 (cloth : alk. paper)
0271055731 (cloth : alk. paper)