{"product_id":"architectural-principles-in-the-age-of-humanism-isbn-9780471977636","title":"Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism","description":"\"Professor Wittkower's....studies of humanist architecture are masterpieces of scholarship.\"-Sir Kenneth Clark, Architectural Review.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A fourth edition of the forty-year-old classic.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Focusing on the principal architects of that time-from Alberti to Palladio-this bestselling classic explains the true significance of certain architectural forms, bringing to light the connections between the architecture and culture of the period. With publication scheduled to coincide with that of Architectonics of Humanism, this important reference is superbly reproduced in a new, large square format.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The late RUDOLF WITTKOWER was a college professor and eminent scholar residing in London, England.Seit Erscheinen der Erstauflage ist dieses Buch zu einem Klassiker geworden, der die Verbindung zwischen der Architektur und der Kultur der Renaissance beleuchtet. Wittkower hat definitive Erklärungen der wahren Bedeutung bestimmter Architekturformen gegeben und gleichzeitig die Grenzen einer rein ästhetischen Theorie der Architektur der Renaissance aufgezeigt. Hervorragend aufgemacht, integriert diese 2. Auflage zum ersten Mal Abbildungen und Text im Großformat. (05\/98)  THE CENTRALLY PLANNED CHURCH AND THE RENAISSANCE.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Alberti's Programme of the Ideal Church.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Centralized Churches in Later Architectural Theory.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Building Practice: S Maria delle Carceri.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Bramante and Palladio.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Religious Symbolism of Centrally Planned Churches.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ALBERTI'S APPROACH TO ANTIQUITY IN ARCHITECTURE.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Column in Alberti's Theory and Practice.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e S. Francesco at Rimini.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e S. Maria Novella.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e S. Sebastiano and S. Andrea at Mantua.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Change in Alberti's Interpretation of Classical Architecture.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e PRINCIPLES OF PALLADIO'S ARCHITECTURE.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Architect as 'uomo universale': Palladio, Trissino and Barbaro.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Palladio's Geometry: The Villas.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Palladio and Classical Architecture: Palaces and Public Buildings.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Genesis of an Idea: Palladio's Church Façades.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Palladio's Optical and Psychological Concepts: II Redentore.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e THE PROBLEM OF HARMONIC PROPORTION IN ARCHITECTURE.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Francesco Giorgi's Platonic Programme for S. Francesco della Vigna.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Mean Proportionals and Architecture.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Alberti's Generation of Ratios.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Musical Consonances and the Visual Arts.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Palladio's 'fugal' System of Proportion.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Palladio's Ratios and the Development of Sixteenth-Century Musical Theory.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Break-away from the Laws of Harmonic Porportion Architecture.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Appendices.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index. Rudolf Wittkower was born in Berlin in 1901. Leaving Germany when the Nazis came to power, he was one of the animators of the Warburg Institute of London. In 1941 he organized, with Fritz Saxl, the exhibition British Art and the Mediterranean, the publication of which (1948) forms an important document of the aims and methods of the Warburg Institute. A great scholar of Italian Renaissance and Baroque art, Wittkower taught at both the University of London and Columbia University. His books, all important works of scholarship, include Die Zeichnungen des Gian Lorenzo Bernini (with H. Bruer, 1931), The Drawings of the Carracci at Windsor Castle (1952), Gian Lorenzo Bernini, the Sculptor of Roman Baroque (1955), Art and Architecture in Italy, 1600-1750 (1958), Born under Saturn (with Margot Wittkower, 1963), and Divine Michelangelo: The Florentine Academy's Homage on His Death in 1564 (with Margot Wittkower, 1964). In addition, he was a frequent contributor to the Journal of the Warbung and Courtauld Institute, the Art Bulletin, Burlington Magazine and the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, among others. Rudolf Wittkower Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism 'Scores have profited from, and been inspired by, Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism and its lesson of the importance of consistent modular relations. No other book on the subject of architectural history written by scholars of his generation has had such a creative effect on men in practice.' Nikolaus Pevsner, Foreword to Art and Architecture in Italy 'Professor Wittkower's mind is not only inquiring but immensely well stored and tenacious. His studies of humanist architecture are masterpieces of scholarship.' Sir Kenneth Clark, Architectural Review 'To say that this is the best study of Italian Renaissance architecture in English is faint praise.' John Coolidge, Magazine of Art Since its original publication in 1949, Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism has acquired the status of a classic, having brought to light, through exemplary scholarship, the connections between the architecture and the culture of the Renaissance. Focusing on the work of the main Renaissance architects from Alberti to Palladio, Rudolf Wittkower has produced definitive explanations of the true significance of certain architecture forms, and has at the same time revealed the limitations of a purely aesthetic theory of Renaissance architecture. This fifth edition of Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism, intended to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of the book, integrates the illustrations with the text and includes an edited selection of lectures on Proportion by Professor Wittkower.","brand":"Academy Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988760183013,"sku":"NP9780471977636","price":80.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780471977636.jpg?v=1761781485","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/architectural-principles-in-the-age-of-humanism-isbn-9780471977636","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}