A discussion of the designs by Antonio Asprucci for the redecoration of the Borghese Palace as a semi-public museum. The author shows that the new designs not only created a unified space for the Count's extensive collection of Greek and Roman antique and "modern" sculpture, they also presented a set of scenes for the edification of the Borghese prince. She also asserts that the redecorated villa was a turning point in the transition from a space for privately held collections to the modern public museum. A second essay by Alberta Campitelli discusses the sketches for another antiquities museum at the villa.
ISBN: | 9780892365395 |
Publication date: | 10th August 2000 |
Author: | . Paul |
Publisher: | Getty Research Institute,U.S. an imprint of Getty Trust Publications |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 180 pages |
Series: | Getty Publications – (Yale) |
Genres: |
History of art Architecture: residential and domestic buildings Drawing and drawings Architecture: interior design |