商品簡介
In eight illuminating chapters we have the history of the Eternal City--Ancient Roman, Early Christian, Romanesque, Renaissance, Baroque, and Rococo--the history of the buildings themselves, and Lees-Milne's inspired description and criticism of them as architectural masterpieces.
作者簡介
James Lees-Milne was educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford. He was the first Secretary of the National Trust's Buildings Committee and he was in charge of its country houses and historic buildings. Roman Mornings won the Heinemann Award, as did his biography of Harold Nicolson. Venetian Evenings, a companion work to Roman Mornings, is also published by New Amsterdam.
