The Architectural Treatise in the Italian Renaissance: Architectural Invention, Ornament, and Literary Culture (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521178235)

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.

Author: Alina A. Payne
ISBN-10: 0521178231
ISBN-13: 9780521178235
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/14/2011
Pages: 362
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.38lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.75d