The Architecture of the Italian Renaissance
Publisher: Schocken
Published: August 12, 1975
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780805201345
Subjects: Criticism; Non-Classifiable; Architecture
First sentence: Italian architecture does not begin with the year 1300; but this book begins in the thirteenth century because it must begin somewhere, and also because of the nature of Italian Gothic.
Description: Guides the reader from the earliest revivals of Roman style to the villas of Palladio and Vignola. Each of the great architects is clearly and sensitively discussed. 202 illustrations.