"When all of Rome was under construction" : the building process in baroque Rome / Dorothy Metzger Habel.

Author/creator Habel, Dorothy Metzger, 1950-
Format Book
Publication InfoUniversity Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2013.
Descriptionxiv, 232 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Subjects
Alexander VII, Pope, 1599-1667.
Plazas--Italy. --Rome. --Design and construction. --History. --17th century.
City planning--Italy. --Rome. --History. --17th century.
Architecture and state--Italy. --Rome. --History. --17th century.
Piazza Colonna (Rome, Italy)--History. --17th century.
Piazza San Pietro (Vatican City)--History. --17th century.

SeriesRome perspectives. ^A1154916
Contents The urban redevelopment of Piazza Colonna I : "senza spesa ne aggravare alcuno" -- The urban redevelopment of Piazza Colonna II : "il negotio restava aggiustato" -- The repercussions of building Piazza S. Pietro : "in tempo che tutta Roma era in fabrica" -- Lorenzo Pizzatti and his "Roza riforma" : a pavonazzo speaks up "tutto per ben publico."
Abstract "Analyzes the politics and economics of architecture and the building process in seventeenth-century Rome. Explores topics ranging from the financing of construction to the availability of materials and personnel"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p.[211]-223) and index.
LCCN 2012037265
ISBN9780271055732 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0271055731 (cloth : alk. paper)