Landscape and Identity in Early Modern Rome
Author | : Tracy L. Ehrlich |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 442 |
Release | : 2002-10-14 |
ISBN-10 | : 0521592577 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780521592574 |
Rating | : 4/5 (77 Downloads) |
Download or read book Landscape and Identity in Early Modern Rome written by Tracy L. Ehrlich and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-10-14 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the early modern period, the villas of Frascati played a central role in Roman social politics. New families penetrated Roman society and began to climb from the ranks of the ecclesiastical nobility into the secular aristocracy in the mid-sixteenth century. In this study, Tracy Ehrlich analyzes one such villa--the Villa Mondragone--(built by Pope Paul V Borghese) to demonstrate how architecture, landscape and rituals of villegiatura (villa life) were used to forge a new identity as a Roman noble house.