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Architecture, Poetry, and Number in the Royal Palace at Caserta
Architecture Poetry and Number in the Royal Palace at Caserta
Author: George Hersey
The great palace of Caserta, near Naples, probably the largest building erected in Europe in the eighteenth century, became an archetypal expression of absolute monarchy. It was begun in 1752 for Carlo di Borbone, King of the Two Sicilies, who worked closely with its chief architect, Luigi Vanvitelli. Although Vanvitelli was one of the most nota...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780262081214
ISBN-10: 0262081210
Publication Date: 5/20/1983
Pages: 384
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Publisher: The MIT Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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