| Description |
160 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: The Centrally Planned Church And The Renaissance. -- Alberti's Programme of the Ideal Church. -- Centralized Churches in Later Architectural Theory. -- Building Practice: S Maria delle Carceri. -- Bramante and Palladio. -- The Religious Symbolism of Centrally Planned Churches. -- Alberti'S Approach To Antiquity In Architecture. -- The Column in Alberti's Theory and Practice. -- S. Francesco at Rimini. -- S. Maria Novella. -- S. Sebastiano and S. Andrea at Mantua. -- The Change in Alberti's Interpretation of Classical Architecture. -- Principles Of Palladio'S Architecture. -- The Architect as 'uomo universale': Palladio, Trissino and Barbaro. -- Palladio's Geometry: The Villas. -- Palladio and Classical Architecture: Palaces and Public Buildings. -- The Genesis of an Idea: Palladio's Church Fa?ades. -- Palladio's Optical and Psychological Concepts: II Redentore. -- The Problem Of Harmonic Proportion In Architecture. -- Francesco Giorgi's Platonic Programme for S. Francesco della Vigna. -- The Mean Proportionals and Architecture. -- Alberti's Generation of Ratios. -- Musical Consonances and the Visual Arts. -- Palladio's 'fugal' System of Proportion. -- Palladio's Ratios and the Development of Sixteenth-Century Musical Theory. -- The Break-away from the Laws of Harmonic Porportion Architecture. -- Appendices. -- Index |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 1988 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Architecture -- Composition, proportion, etc.
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Architecture -- Italy.
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Architecture, Renaissance -- Italy.
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| LC no. |
99188944 |
| ISBN |
0471977632 |
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