Architecture
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Overview
Introduction -- The voluptuous pleasure of building -- The house of God -- Theories and practices: the case of St. Peter's, Rome -- The architecture of ascendancy: buildings and power -- Corporate identity -- Shaping the Renaissance city -- ...Synopsis
A completely new approach to the history of Renaissance architecture, encompassing the entire continent and dealing with the work of well-known architects such as Michelangelo and Andrea Palladio alongside lesser known though no less innovative designers such as Juan Guas in Portugal and Benedikt Ried in Prague and Eastern Europe.Book Details
Published
February 28, 2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Pages
273
ISBN
9780192842275