Life and the Arts in the Baroque Palaces of Rome

Thriving centers of artistic and cultural activity, Rome`s Baroque palaces of the seventeenth century were magnificently furnished. This beautifully illustrated book presents examples of carved furniture, silver, textiles, paintings, and other items that filled these palaces. The authors explain what the furnishings reveal about the aristocratic families of the period, their social lives, and patronage of the arts.