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The Architectural Treatise in the Italian Renaissance: Architectural Invention, Ornament and Literary Culture | 
 enlarge | Author: Alina Payne
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Category: Book
Buy New: $137.00
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Sales Rank: 1526184
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 362
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 10.2 x 7.2 x 1.2
ISBN: 0521622662
Dewey Decimal Number: 720.94509024
EAN: 9780521622660
ASIN: 0521622662
Publication Date: February 13, 1999
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Product Description
Vitruvius' Ten Books of Architecture was the fountainhead of architectural theory in the Italian Renaissance. Offering theoretical and practical solutions to a wide variety of architectural issues, this treatise did not, however, address all of the questions that were of concern to early modern architects. This study examines the Italian Renaissance architect's efforts to negotiate between imitation and reinvention of classicism. Through a close reading of Vitruvius and texts written during the period 1400-1600, Alina Payne identifies ornament as the central issue around which much of this debate focused.
Book Description
Vitruvius's Ten Books of Architecture was the fountainhead of architectural theory in the Italian Renaissance. Offering theoretical and practical solutions to a wide variety of architectural issues, this treatise did not, however, address all of the questions that were of concern to early modern architects. This study examines the Italian Renaissance architect's efforts to negotiate between imitation and reinvention of classicism. Through a close reading of Vitruvius and texts written during the period 1400-1600, Alina Payne identifies ornament as the central issue around which much of this debate focused.
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