The Italian Renaissance Palace Façade
Subtitle: Structures of Authority, Surfaces of Sense (Res Monographs in Anthropology and Aesthetics)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 17, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780521624381
Subjects: Architectural structure & design; Palaces, chateaux, country houses; Palaces; Facades; Architecture; Italy; Symbolism in architecture; Criticism; Architecture / General; Facades--Italy; History - General; Architecture, Renaissance
First sentence: This book is deliberately and literally superficial, "stopping at the surface, the fold, the skin."