Barth, Fritz, 1958-

Zeichen des Wehrhaften : Festungsbauten von Francesco di Giorgio Martini = Martial signifiers : fortress complexes by Francesco di Giorgio Martini / Fritz Barth ; mit einem Essay von Olaf Metzel ; und Photographien von Fritz und Friedrich Barth ; [übersetzung ins Englische, Ilze Mueller].

Stuttgart : Edition Axel Menges, ©2011.

119 pages : illustrations, plans ; 29 cm

Francesco di Giorgio Martini's fortress complexes, created at the end of the Quattrocento, continue to look experimental and highly speculative half a millenium later by their semiotic character. They represent an extreme of European architectural history, occupying a position where architecture and sculpture cannot be sharply distinguished any longer. The alien-looking creations represented in this book have their origins in a particular historic situation: the emergence of firearms in the 14th century and their spread in the 15th century had shifted the balance of warfare in favour of the attacking side, against which the defensive structure had not yet found a remedy. Enter Francesco di Giorgio Martini (1439 to 1502) at this point, a native of Siena and one of the Quattrocento's highly versatile artists.

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Martini, Francesco di Giorgio, 1439-1502 Criticism and interpretation.
Martini, Francesco di Giorgio, 1439-1502
Military architecture Italy History.
Architecture, Renaissance Italy.
Architecture militaire Italie Histoire.
Architecture, Renaissance
Military architecture
Italy

Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History

Martini, Francesco di Giorgio, 1439-1502.
Metzel, Olaf, 1952-
Barth, Friedrich.

Martial signifiers

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