Description
| Product ID: | 9788891832146 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Villa Albani Torlonia |
| Subtitle: | The Cradle of Neoclassicism |
| Authors: | Author: Massimo Listri, Raniero Gnoli |
| Page Count: | 336 |
| Subjects: | Exhibition catalogues and specific collections, Exhibition catalogues & specific collections, Man-made objects depicted in art, Individual photographers, Photographs: collections, Architecture, Man-made objects depicted in art (cityscapes, machines, etc), Individual photographers, Photographs: collections, Architecture |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A journey through its emotional itineraries is unveiled for the very first time by the photographic masterpieces of Massimo Listri. A journey through its emotional itineraries is unveiled for the very first time by the photographic masterpieces of Massimo Listri. Villa Albani Torlonia, with its collections, the Italian garden, and the hemicycle of the Kaffeehaus, is a sublime testimony of that particular antiquarian taste which came to the fore in the mid-eighteenth century, that for which Rome became a favorite destination on the Grand Tour. The classicist dream of Cardinal Alessandro Albani (1692–1779), was preserved thanks to the Torlonia family, who purchased the villa in 1866, enlarging the collection and the gardens and restoring the most important cardinal residence of the eighteenth century. More than 300 images by the great Italian master Massimo Listri recount the history of this extraordinary cultural heritage for the very first time. An immersive journey leads the reader between its collections of ancient masterpieces. Statues, bas-reliefs, and fountains are ensconced between the various buildings and gardens of the villa in a composition of environments, landscapes, and works of art forever waiting to be discovered. |
| Imprint Name: | Mondadori Electa |
| Publisher Name: | Mondadori Electa |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-09-28 |