Roman Baroque Sculpture for the Knights of Malta.(book by Keith Sciberras )(Book Review)

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Roman Baroque Sculpture for the Knights of Malta Keith Sciberras Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti, Valletta, 33.38 [euro] ISBN 99932 10 29 3 (cloth) ISBN 99932 10 30 7 (paper)

Keith Sciberras has produced an informative, richly documented account of the Roman baroque sculpture commissioned for La Valletta by the Knights of Malta.

The Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti continues to mine the cultural past of the three little islands in the Mediterranean, much nearer Tunis than Rome, that constitute Malta. The foundation's latest production is this study of the baroque sculptures sent ...

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