This comprehensive history of the art of Rome examines the architecture, scultpure, painting and decorative arts of the High Renaissance together in their social, religious, political and economic context. It tells the story of three centuries, from 1300 to 1600, in which the Eternal City rose from the ashes of its decline to become the Christian reembodiment of the Roman Empire.

This is the only comprehensive history of Roman art in the Renaissance in print. All the arts, running the gamut from architecture and painting to sculpture and the decorative arts, are studies together in their social, religious, economic and political context. Beautifully illustrated, the volume presents an unprecedented visual survey of a three hundread year period, with many monuments rephotographed, some for the first time. At the core are the great masters of the High Renaissance Michelangelo, Raphael, and Brumante.

Contents

Part I - Introduction
1. Cultural Introduction to Renaissance Rome, by Ingrid D. Rowland
2. Introduction to the Art History of Renaissance Rome, by Marcia B. Hall

Part II
1. The Fourteenth and Fifthteenth Centuries, by Meredith J. Gill
2. 1503 - 1534, by Marcia B. Hall
3. Phoenix Romanus Rome 1534 - 65, by Clarre Robertson
4. The Counter Reformation and the End of the Century, by Steven E. Ostrow

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