Speaking Ruins Piranesi, Architects and Antiquity in Eighteenth-Century Rome |
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| Author:
| Pinto, John |
| ISBN: | 978-0-472-11821-2 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2012 |
| Publisher: | University of Michigan Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $127.60 |
Book Description:
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In this lavishly illustrated volume stemming from his Thomas Spencer Jerome Lectures at the University of Michigan and the American Academy in Rome, distinguished architectural historian John Pinto offers case studies of important architectural and archaeological sites in and around Rome, such as the Trevi Fountain and the ancient Italian cities of Pompeii and Paestum.
In this lavishly illustrated volume stemming from his Thomas Spencer Jerome Lectures at the University of Michigan and the American Academy in Rome, distinguished architectural historian John Pinto offers case studies of important architectural and archaeological sites in and around Rome, such as the Trevi Fountain and the ancient Italian cities of Pompeii and Paestum.