Italian Architecture of the 16th Century - Hardcover

Rowe, Colin; Satkowski, Leon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 156898331X ISBN 13: 9781568983318

Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press, 2003

Synopsis

Italian Architecture of the 16th Century is the last published work of the legendary Colin Rowe, the fruit of his four-year collaboration with Leon Satkowski, a Rowe student and author of Giorgio Vasari: Architect and Courtier. The book is a testament to the buildings, architects, and artists Rowe most deeply appreciated. For the millions of travelers who flock to Italy to see the art and architecture of the 16th century-subjects that captured Rowe's heart and challenged his fertile mind-this book is at once a pleasurable read and the pinnacle in scholarship. It is written in Rowe's unmatched and engaging personal style, and it is beautifully illustrated throughout with photographs, drawings, and paintings of the art and architecture that make this period and this place so beloved. The book emphasizes the leading subjects of the 16th -century Reniassance: the architects (Bramante, Vignola), the patrons (Leo X, Cosimo I de Medici), the artists (Michelangelo), and the cities (Rome, Venice, Florence). As the finest critical scholarship on conquecento Italy and an accessible guide for the non-scholar, this book is destined to be regarded as one of Rowe's most important.

About this title

About the Author

Colin Rowe was a wildly popular lecturer at Cornell. A mentor to thousands, his legacy at Cornell matches that of Vincent Scully at Yale. Rowe's lectures assumed legendary status and notes by students continue to circulate; his seminal books include Mathem Leon Satkowski, who trained at Cornell and Harvard, is a professor of architecture and art history at the University of Minnesota.

Edition details

• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 156898331X
• ISBN 13: 9781568983318
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 300