The volume brings together a series of essays that investigate the history of the Bagatti Valsecchi Palace on Via Gesù in Milan. Its diverse collections and their cultural legacy reveal a surprising historical complexity and a clear intellectual coherence. From a passion for the Renaissance to the creation of a one-of-a-kind nineteenth-century Neo-Renaissance residence, the book reconstructs an example of extraordinary stylistic consistency, in which the harmony of the sister arts is combined with meticulous attention to every detail.

The result of original studies and previously unpublished research, the volume conveys the richness of a project conceived by two enlightened Milanese barons, Fausto and Giuseppe Bagatti Valsecchi. Their vision continues to captivate visitors from around the world and to challenge the present, revealing the remarkable modernity of a house conceived as a total work of art.