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The first major English translation of Alberti's fifteenth century treatise on the theory and practice of architecture. Alberti set out to replace Vitruvius' authority which had been undisputed for over a thousand years and frames a coherent account of the fragmented knowledge of antique architecture as it had survived through the dark and middle ages. His is the one book that established architecture as an intellectual and professional discipline rather than a craft and gave it a proper theoretical context. It provided a theoretical basis for the architecture of the Renaissance. Sixty-three illustrations. Glossary. Acidic paper. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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This English edition surpasses the earlier one in a number of significant ways...It will no doubt soon find a place on all architectural reading lists, and deservedly so.
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The first major English translation of Alberti's fifteenth century treatise on the theory and practice of architecture. Alberti set out to replace Vitruvius' authority which had been undisputed for over a thousand years and frames a coherent account of the fragmented knowledge of antique architecture as it had survived through the dark and middle a
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On The Art Of Building In Ten Books
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The MIT Press Cambridge MA 1989 Originally Publish, 1988
ISBN 10: 0262010992
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Very Good 26.0 x 18.0cms 442pp b/w Illusts No Jacket Stain on Spine Hard Cover When Alberti wrote this book in the mid 15th century it was the first text to focus exclusively on architecture for 1000 years. He prescribes how architects and their patrons should build the buildings of the future. Seller Inventory # 30102415
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On the Art of Building in Ten Books (English and Italian Edition)
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On the Art of Building in Ten Books
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On the Art of Building in Ten Books
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MIT Press, Cambridge & London, 1988
ISBN 10: 0262010992
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First American Edition. First modern translation into English of this classic of architectural theory, originally published in Latin in 1486; Alberti's attempt to supercede the authority of Vitruvius, whose ideas had been the core of architectural thought for over a millenium. Includes a contextual introduction by Rykwert, Alberti's chapters on planning & site selection ('Lineaments'), materials & construction, public works, ornamentation, & restoration, notes, bibliography, glossary. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured; the first edition (first printing), listing no later printings. Book shows light wear, minor fading; jacket, a little off-center, shows light rubbing, minor edgewear, discoloration to rear panel from being shelved next to a leatherbound book for quite a few years. Text clean; xxiii, [5], 442 pages; index, illustrations from the 1550 Italian edition of Bartoli. Size: Quarto. Seller Inventory # w0382
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