
The Sack of Rome, 1527
Andre Chastel(Author)
Princeton University Press
Published on 21. March 1983
Book
Hardback
340 pages
978-0-691-09947-7 (ISBN)
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Description
This richly illustrated study of the sack as a cultural and artistic phenomenon reveals the ambiguities of preceding events and the traumatic contrast between the flourishing world of art under Clement VII, and the city as it existed after the troops of Emperor Charles V had looted Rome in 1527.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
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Trade binding
Illustrations
132 b/w illus.
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 191 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-691-09947-7 (9780691099477)
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Persons
Andre Chastel (1912-1990) was Professor of Art and Civilization of Renaissance Italy at the College de France, Paris.