Title The city rehearsed : object, architecture, and print in the worlds of Hans Vredeman de Vries / Christopher P. Heuer

Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 295 pages) : illustrations Series Classical tradition in architecture Classical tradition in architecture. Contents 1: Performances of order -- Unbuilt architecture in the world of things -- Antwerp: the city rehearsed -- Guidebooks to chaos -- 2: Perspective and exile -- The vanishing self -- Hidden terrors: the Perspective (1604-05) -- Epilogue: Vredeman and the modern Summary The City Rehearsed offers a new perspective on printed architecture in early modern Europe through the lens of Hans Vredeman de Vries. It€focuses on€the active role his prints played in the life of urban readers outside of a narrowly-defined "Flemish" architectural history.€This is a study with clear interest for historians of art and the built environment Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-284) and index Notes Print version record Subject Vredeman de Vries, Hans, 1527-approximately 1604 -- Criticism and interpretation SUBJECT Vredeman de Vries, Hans, 1527-approximately 1604 fast Subject Architecture and society -- Netherlands -- History -- 16th century Architecture -- Aesthetics. Architecture -- Philosophy CRAFTS & HOBBIES -- Printmaking. ART -- Prints. Architecture -- Aesthetics Architecture and society Architecture -- Philosophy Netherlands Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780203866009 0203866002

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