Author : Mario Praz
Release : 2009-10-15
Genre : Aesthetics
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 995/5 ( reviews)
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Book Synopsis The House of Life by : Mario Praz
Download or read book The House of Life written by Mario Praz. This book was released on 2009-10-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In simplest terms, it is a house tour, but Mario Praz's Roman apartment was no ordinary house it was a wunderkammer, a house of wonders, rooms replete with objects d'art and sculpture, walls hung with paintings and prints, bureaus overflowing with postcards and ephemera. And Praz is no ordinary guide; he leads you, the reader, through each room discussing the objects therein. What emerge are his passions, his immense erudition, his insatiable curiosity, his undeniable amiability, his infectious enthusiasm. What emerges is a multi-layered disquisition on the nature of art, on the challenge of investigation and discovery, on the way in which art and the objects we choose to surround us tell stories.