Architecture, Poetry, and Number in the Royal Palace at Caserta

by 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 notable architects of his century, as Caserta was one of its major buildings, this study by a leading scholar...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262081210
• ISBN13: 9780262081214
• Release Date: May 1983
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 3.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 10.4" x 8.4"