Böcker i Studies in the History of Art Series-serien

The years around 1700 were marked by transformations in European and colonial capital cities. This era saw the creation of palatial complexes and urban spaces appropriate to autocratic power. This book presents a comparative reading of baroque architecture: from country to country, from region to region, and from the Old World to the New.

Discusses all the major public and private monuments in Rome, as well as many less well-known monuments in the capital and elsewhere in the empire. Kleiner examines art commissioned by the imperial elite as well as by private patrons, including freedmen and slaves.