Architecture, Poetry, and Number in the Royal Palace at Caserta

Architecture, Poetry, and Number in the Royal Palace at Caserta

By
George L. Hersey
George L. Hersey

George Hersey is Emeritus Professor of Art History at Yale University. He is the author of numerous books, including The Evolution of Allure: Sexual Selection from the Medici Venus to the Incredible Hulk (MIT Press, 1996) and The Lost Meaning of Classical Architecture: Speculations on Ornament from Vitruvius to Venturi (MIT Press, 1988).

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1983
Architecture, Poetry, and Number  
in the Royal Palace at Caserta  
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Architecture, Poetry, and Number  
in the Royal Palace at Caserta  
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Hersey, George L.  
Architecture, poetry, and number in the  
royal palace at Caserta.  
Anton Raphael Mengs,  
Maria Carolina  
IV at nine, 1759-1760" (c) Museo Nacional  
del Prado.  
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Portrait of Queen  
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and "Portrait of Ferdinando  
Bibliography: p.  
Includes index.  
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Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book  
Program.  
I.  
Reggia di Caserta. 2. Caserta (Italy)  
Italy  
Caserta. 4. Symbolism in architecture  
Italy Caserta.  
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Palaces. 3. Architecture, Baroque  
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I. Title.  
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