{"product_id":"on-bramante-isbn-9780262543422","title":"On Bramante","description":"\u003cb\u003eA new interpretation of the work of Bramante, suggesting an agenda for contemporary architectural practice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eOn Bramante\u003c\/i\u003e, architect Pier Paolo Tamburelli considers the work of the celebrated Italian Renaissance architect Donato Bramante and through this reappraisal suggests a possible agenda for current architectural practice. Bramante, Tamburelli argues, offers an excellent starting point to imagine a contemporary theory of space, to reflect on the relationship between architecture and politics, and to look back—with neither nostalgia nor contempt—at the tradition of Western classicism. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eStarting from a discussion of the difference in the work of Bramante in Milan (1481–1499) and Rome (1499–1514), Tamburelli highlights the peculiarities of Bramante’s architecture, especially in comparison to that of his predecessor Leon Battista Alberti and successor Andrea Palladio. This in turn opens up new possibilities for appreciating his spatial experiments, and to derive from Bramante’s abstraction and disassociation of form from function a revised theory of space for contemporary architecture. Such a theory might even advance a newfound political understanding of classicism, and a model—perhaps more valid now than ever before—for a public architecture. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe text is bookended by a series of color photographic plates of Bramante’s works by photographer Bas Princen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction VIII\u003cbr\u003ePART I: LOGICAL WORK \u003cbr\u003eINDIFFERENCE 2\u003cbr\u003e1 Rome, \u003ci\u003ewie ich sie vorfand \u003c\/i\u003e3\u003cbr\u003e2 As a snake sheds its skin 7\u003cbr\u003e3 \u003ci\u003eLa bella maniera degli antichi \u003c\/i\u003e10 \u003cbr\u003e4 No style 16\u003cbr\u003e5 Architecture implies the city 20\u003cbr\u003e6 Pantheon + Basilca of Maxentius 25\u003cbr\u003eUNIVERSALISM 30\u003cbr\u003e7 Universal language 31\u003cbr\u003e8 \u003ci\u003eArchitecture non parlante \u003c\/i\u003e34\u003cbr\u003e9 Text envy 39\u003cbr\u003e10 Architecture as painting 41\u003cbr\u003e11 Order of all the orders 46\u003cbr\u003e12 Against Roman architecture 50\u003cbr\u003e13 Eclecticism and classicism 52\u003cbr\u003e14 Classicism, colonialism 54\u003cbr\u003eABSTRACTION 58\u003cbr\u003e15 Distance 59\u003cbr\u003e16 \u003ci\u003eDifficulta grandissima \u003c\/i\u003e61\u003cbr\u003e17 Remote future 65\u003cbr\u003e18 The object is simple 69\u003cbr\u003e19 Form follows function 71\u003cbr\u003e20 Abstract architecture is public 73\u003cbr\u003eINTERMEZZO: DANTE, GIOTTO, PIERO, BRAMANTE 77\u003cbr\u003ePART II: POLITICAL WORK \u003cbr\u003eREALISM 96\u003cbr\u003e21 After seeing the cathedral 97\u003cbr\u003e22 \u003ci\u003eAngeborener kritischer Verstand \u003c\/i\u003e101\u003cbr\u003e23 \u003ci\u003ePrevedari Engraving \u003c\/i\u003e107\u003cbr\u003e24 Opportunities and propaganda 111\u003cbr\u003e25 Tempietto 117\u003cbr\u003e26 \u003ci\u003eKolossal \u003c\/i\u003e121\u003cbr\u003e27 The conquest of Beauty 124\u003cbr\u003eSPACE 128\u003cbr\u003e28 Walls 129\u003cbr\u003e29 Spectacle of pace 135\u003cbr\u003e30 Space and images of space 144\u003cbr\u003e31 Evidence of space 151\u003cbr\u003e32 Experience of space 155\u003cbr\u003e33 A brief and not all that complicated theory of space 157\u003cbr\u003e34 Form of the void 158\u003cbr\u003eCOMMUNITY 162\u003cbr\u003e35 Public work 163\u003cbr\u003e36 Impresario 166\u003cbr\u003e37 Work is exhausting 172\u003cbr\u003e38 Public space 174\u003cbr\u003e39 Public architecture is abstract 176\u003cbr\u003e40 Architecture as art 181\u003cbr\u003e41 Demolishing St. Peter's 184\u003cbr\u003e42 Rebuilding St. Peter's 193\u003cbr\u003e43 Ninety-five theses 202\u003cbr\u003eNotes 206\u003cbr\u003eIndex 268\u003cb\u003eIncluded in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Art Books of 2022\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Is there any application today of Renaissance classicism to our glutted cities, anything the architect of St. Peter’s Basilica can teach builders of condos and duty-free concessions? Pier Paolo Tamburelli, an architect and editor of the now defunct cult magazine San Rocco, insists in this spirited treatise that Donato Bramante’s spatial innovations can propel a new practice of “architecture as \u003ci\u003epublic art.” \u003c\/i\u003eStrange, sometimes flippant, as conversant with Rem Koolhaas as with Pope Leo X, this book is a rare effort to rethink our present deadlocks through historical models — and its ironic Neo-Classicism is beautifully buttressed by Bas Princen’s spare photographs of Bramante nerve centers: Milan’s Santa Maria delle Grazie, where Leonardo painted “The Last Supper,” or the cloisters of Rome’s Santa Maria della Pace.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e– The New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eOn Bramante\u003c\/i\u003e is a dense, rich, strange, and provocative book.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e–The Architect’s Newspaper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“A major event.”\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e–\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eArquitectura Viva\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“This book arrives at a moment when debates in the field over the role of history and architecture’s political imperatives are widespread. Tamburelli addresses both issues through detailed analysis situated in the history of the discipline. \u003ci\u003eOn Bramante\u003c\/i\u003e presents a clear and at times brilliant argument that promises to revitalize architectural discourse.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eStan Allen, Stan Allen Architect; George Dutton ’27 Professor of Architecture, Princeton University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“There are many books on the history of architecture, many on modern architecture, but few that, like Tamburelli’s \u003ci\u003eOn Bramante\u003c\/i\u003e, write about history in order to illuminate contemporary architectural concerns so brightly.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eSam Jacob, Sam Jacob Studio; Professor of Architecture, University of Illinois, Chicago\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Tamburelli’s \u003ci\u003eOn Bramante\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the riddles and enduring importance of Bramante’s life and work. Mirroring the architect’s speculations on the possibility of a public art or common experience, we discover within its pages why the architecture of Bramante, and his preoccupation with space, is so relevant to our discussion of contemporary architecture and our belief in a collective public.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eSharon Johnston, Johnston MarkLee \u0026amp; Associates; Professor in Practice, Harvard Graduate School of Design\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Pier Paolo Tamburelli is an architect. One of the founding partners of baukuh and a former editor of \u003ci\u003eSan Rocco\u003c\/i\u003e, he currently holds the Chair of Design Theory at the Technical University of Vienna.\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301065347301,"sku":"NP9780262543422","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262543422.jpg?v=1767734080","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/on-bramante-isbn-9780262543422","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}