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The Four Books of Andrea Palladio's Architecture: Wherein, After a Short Treatise Of the Five Orders, Those Observations That are Most Necessary in Bu
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The eighteenth-century fascination with Greek and Roman antiquity followed the systematic excavation of the ruins at Pompeii and Herculaneum in southern Italy; and after 1750 a neoclassical style dominated all artistic fields. The titles here trace developments in mostly English-language works on painting, sculpture, architecture, music, theater, and other disciplines. Instructional works on musical instruments, catalogs of art objects, comic operas, and more are also included.
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The titlepage is engraved; with individual engraved titlepages to books II-IV. At head of titlepage: "Regina virtus". Translated by Isaac Ware.
London: published by Isaac Ware, 1738. [14],110p., plates; 2
The eighteenth-century fascination with Greek and Roman antiquity followed the systematic excavation of the ruins at Pompeii and Herculaneum in southern Italy; and after 1750 a neoclassical style dominated all artistic fields. The titles here trace developments in mostly English-language works on painting, sculpture, architecture, music, theater, and other disciplines. Instructional works on musical instruments, catalogs of art objects, comic operas, and more are also included.
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British Library
T040073
The titlepage is engraved; with individual engraved titlepages to books II-IV. At head of titlepage: "Regina virtus". Translated by Isaac Ware.
London: published by Isaac Ware, 1738. [14],110p., plates; 2
Hardcover
$34.95