Architectural principles in the age of humanism

Academy editions

1988

160 p.

Studies of the Warburg Institute ; 19

9780856708756

THE CENTRALLY PLANNED CHURCH AND THE RENAISSANCE. Albertia s Programme of the Ideal Church. Centralized Churches in Later Architectural Theory. Building Practice: S Maria delle Carceri. Bramante and Palladio. The Religious Symbolism of Centrally Planned Churches. ALBERTIa S APPROACH TO ANTIQUITY IN ARCHITECTURE. The Column in Albertia s Theory and Practice. S. Francesco at Rimini. S. Maria Novella. S. Sebastiano and S. Andrea at Mantua. The Change in Albertia s Interpretation of Classical Architecture. PRINCIPLES OF PALLADIOa S ARCHITECTURE. The Architect as a uomo universalea : Palladio, Trissino and Barbaro. Palladioa s Geometry: The Villas. Palladio and Classical Architecture: Palaces and Public Buildings. The Genesis of an Idea: Palladioa s Church Facades. Palladioa s Optical and Psychological Concepts: II Redentore. THE PROBLEM OF HARMONIC PROPORTION IN ARCHITECTURE. Francesco Giorgia s Platonic Programme for S. Francesco della Vigna. The Mean Proportionals and Architecture. Albertia s Generation of Ratios. Musical Consonances and the Visual Arts. Palladioa s a fugala System of Proportion. Palladioa s Ratios and the Development of Sixteenth--Century Musical Theory. The Break--away from the Laws of Harmonic Porportion Architecture. Appendices. Index.

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