Published by Penguin London 1987 (first published in 1867 in Ge, 1987
ISBN 10: 0140093583 ISBN 13: 9780140093582
Language: English
Seller: THE CROSS Art + Books, Sydney, NSW, Australia
£ 8.26
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Add to basket28.5 x 21.0cms 280pp b/w illusts very good paperback & cover Book1 has chapters on: the monumental temper of Italian architecture; patrons dilettanti & master builders; proto-renaissance & gothic; the study of antique buildings & Vitruvius; the theorists; treatment & form in the early renaissance; treatment & form in the 16th century; the architectural model; the design of churches; monasteries & buildings for the religious orders; the architectural character of the palazzo; hospitals fortresses & bridges; improvements & town-planning; villas; gardens. Book 2 has chapters on: the nature of renaissance architecture; decorative sculpture in stone; decoration in bronze; works in wood; pavements & calligraphy; painting of facades; interior painting & stucco-work; goldsmiths'' work ceramics & related crafts; temporary decorations.
Published by Penguin London 1987 (first published in 1867 in Ge, 1987
ISBN 10: 0140093583 ISBN 13: 9780140093582
Language: English
Seller: THE CROSS Art + Books, Sydney, NSW, Australia
£ 8.26
Convert currencyQuantity: 1 available
Add to basket28.5 x 21.0cms 280pp b/w illusts very good paperback & cover Book1 has chapters on: the monumental temper of Italian architecture; patrons dilettanti & master builders; proto-renaissance & gothic; the study of antique buildings & Vitruvius; the theorists; treatment & form in the early renaissance; treatment & form in the 16th century; the architectural model; the design of churches; monasteries & buildings for the religious orders; the architectural character of the palazzo; hospitals fortresses & bridges; improvements & town-planning; villas; gardens. Book 2 has chapters on: the nature of renaissance architecture; decorative sculpture in stone; decoration in bronze; works in wood; pavements & calligraphy; painting of facades; interior painting & stucco-work; goldsmiths'' work ceramics & related crafts; temporary decorations.