I Farnese: architettura, arte, potere

Abstract

"Given the number of contributions and its impressive iconographic apparatus, the catalogue is as monumental as the exhibition, containing three hundred images of works on display from public and private collections across Italy and Europe, illustrating the former Farnese picture gallery, home to the hundred most important paintings in the collection, including masterpieces by Raphael, Titian, Carracci, Correggio and El Greco. It also covers the famous Wunderkammer, which, with its exceptional gold, silver, amber, and rock crystal objects and its semi-precious stones, was brought back to life at the Pilotta. The catalogue dedicates ample space to the Farnese's major architectural and urban planning works and local development, exploring the most significant designs commissioned from architects of the calibre of Vignola, Antonio da Sangallo il Giovane, Baldassarre Peruzzi, and Michelangelo."--