Architectural principles in the age of Humanism / Rudolf Wittkower.

Main entry:

Wittkower, Rudolf.

Title & Author:

Architectural principles in the age of Humanism / Rudolf Wittkower.

Publication:

Description:

173 pages, 48 plates illustrations, plans 21 cm

Series:

Columbia University studies in art history and archaeology, no. 1

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Part 1. The centrally planned church and the Renaissance -- Part 2. Alberti's approach to antiquity in architecture -- Part 3. Principles of Palladio's architecture -- Part 4. The problem of harmonic proportion in architecture.

Summary:

"The author summarizes in this book his studies on Renaissance architecture. By combining a searching interpretation of contemporary sources with a detailed analysis of the monuments, he disposes once and for all of the old, purely aesthetic of Renaissance architecture with other manifestiations of the human mind, such as music, philosophy and science, opens up entirely new vistas. The religious symbolism of the Renaissance church and Renaissance conceptions of proportion are discussed, framing sections on Alberti and Palladio, the two principal representative if humanist architecture" - Publisher.

Subject:

Architecture, Renaissance.
Architecture Italy.
Architecture Composition, proportion, etc.
Architecture de la Renaissance.
Architecture Italie.
Architecture Composition, proportions, etc.
Architecture
Italy

Added entries:

Columbia University studies in art history and archaeology ; no. 1.

Holdings:

Location: Library photo collection 277731
Call No.: PH2006:029
Status: Available

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