Edifices du Rome Moderne: ou Recueil des Palais, Maisons, Eglises, Couvents, et autres Monuments Publics et particuliers les plus remarquables de la ... (Reprint Series) (English and French Edition)

INTRODUCTION -- Table Alphabetique -- Volume 1 -- Volume 2 -- Volume 3 -- Plates Paul Letarouilly's masterpiece, Edifices de Rome Moderne, has been hailed as the most beautiful book on Renaissance architecture ever published. Letarouilly devoted 35 years to drawing the plans, sections, elevations, perspectives, and large-scale details of gardens, convents, palaces, and churches of Renaissance Rome. His keen observational ability and immaculate drawing skills make this work an indispensable sourcebook. In many cases his etchings remain the only measured plans or elevations available; he also recorded buildings destroyed by later demolitions.

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"Paul Letarouilly's masterpiece, Edifices de Rome Moderne, has been hailed as the most beautiful book on Renaissance architecture ever published. Letarouilly (1795-1855) devoted thirty-five years to drawing the plans, sections, elevations, perspectives, and large-scale details of gardens, convents, palaces, and churches of Renaissance Rome. His keen observational ability and immaculate drawing skills make this work an indispensable sourcebook. In many cases his etchings remain the only measured plans or elevations available. He also recorded buildings destroyed by later demolitions.--Publisher description Paul Letarouilly's three-volume work, "Edifices de Rome Moderne" was first published in 1860. This one-volume reprint contains all 354 plates and Letarouilly's map of Rome dated 1838, a 23 x 35-inch insert that took the artist five years to complete. Paul Letarouilly's masterpiece; Edifices de Rome Moderne, now available in an even-easier-to-use size.