Architectural Temperance: Spain and Rome, 1700-1759

Architectural Temperance examines relations between Bourbon Spain and papal Rome (1700-1759) through the lens of cultural politics. With a focus on key Spanish architects sent to study in Rome by the Bourbon Kings, the book also discusses the establishment of a program of architectural education at the newly founded Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid.

Victor Deupi explores why a powerful nation like Spain would temper its own building traditions with the more cosmopolitan trends associated with Rome; often at the expense of its own national and regional traditions.

Through the inclusion of previously unpublished documents and images that shed light on the theoretical debates which shaped eighteenth-century architecture in Rome and Madrid, Architectural Temperance provides readers with new insights into the cultural history of early modern Spain.

Author: Victor Deupi
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 10/02/2014
Series: Routledge Research in Architecture
Pages: 214
Weight: 1.1lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780415724395