The early churches of Rome / Emile Mâle ; translated by David Buxton
1960, 1st edition. London : E. Benn. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #437131
Physical description: 253 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. Contents: Introduction: Rome and the Roman campagna -- The catacombs of Domitilla and St. Petronilla's Chapels, the first centuries -- Where the Christians met during the great persecutions, 3rd century -- Santa Sabina and the problem of eastern influences in Rome, early 5th century -- Santa Maria Maggiore and the puzzle of its dating, 5th century -- Art in Rome during a hundred years of iconoclasm, 8th and 9th centuries -- The Emperor Otto III : his Roman adventure and his saintly contemporaries, 10th century -- Pope Gregory VII and the churches destroyed by Robert Guiscard, 11th century -- Saint Bernard in Rome, 12th century -- Rome in the later Middle Ages : the persistence of an ancient architectural tradition, 11th to 13th centuries -- Memories of Saint Dominic, 13th century -- The Italian Gothic and the one Gothic Church in Rome, 13th century -- The illustrations. Subjects: Church buildings Italy Rome. Church architecture Italy Rome History.
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