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The Sack of Rome, 1527 (Bollingen Series) - Hardcover

Chastel, A.

 
9780691099477: The Sack of Rome, 1527 (Bollingen Series)

Synopsis

This richly illustrated study of the sack as a cultural and artistic phenomenon reveals the ambiguities of preceding events and the traumatic contrast between the flourishing world of art under Clement VII, and the city as it existed after the troops of Emperor Charles V had looted Rome in 1527.

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About the Author

André Chastel (1912–1990) was Professor of Art and Civilization of Renaissance Italy at the Collège de France, Paris.

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