Descrizione

La Libreria Piccolomini nel Duomo di Siena,a cura di Salvatore Settis e Donatella Toracca.Modena 1998 Franco Cosimo Panini Pagine 420 ills.300 tavole a colori e 35 in bianco/nero Folio rilegato Euro 500,00.- by A. Angelini, M. Bollati, S. Fraschetti, A. Galli, M. Lenzi, A. M. Riccomini, D. Toracca. photographs by G. Roli one volume only photographic Atlas. Essays and notes. pp. 420; 300 coloured illustrations; 35 black-and-white illustrations. Ills.295,00.- On the north-west side of Siena Cathedral stands the Libreria Piccolomini, a magnificent ceremonial hall intended by its patron, Cardinal Francesco Piccolomini, to contain his family¿s literary treasures and at the same time to celebrate the memory of his uncle Æneas Sylvius Piccolomini, who had reigned as Pope Pius II. Adorned on the outside with a magnificent marble entrance, the Libreria Piccolomini possesses on the inside a jewel-like cycle of frescoes painted by Pinturicchio. For the first time this fresco cycle ¿ of remarkable pictorial quality ¿ is fully illustrated in all in inexhaustible narrative and chromatic richness. The most beautiful images from the book Text in Italian Language Size: 310 x 240 mm.

Edizione: edition originale.