Architecture, poetry, and number in the royal palace at Caserta / George L. 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 Vanvitell...

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Main Author: Hersey, George L. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1983.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : from Caserta to the Pentagon
  • The poetic myths of Naples
  • Architectural order
  • Royal architects
  • The river-road
  • Palace geometry
  • Public poetry
  • The family romance
  • Epilogue : Neptune's victory.