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The architecture of the Italian Renaissance
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A classic guide to one of the most pivotal periods in art and architectural history, The Architecture of the Italian Renaissance remains the most lucid and comprehensive volume available. From Leon...
A classic guide to one of the most pivotal periods in art and architectural history, The Architecture of the Italian Renaissance remains the most lucid and comprehensive volume available. From Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, Palladio, and Brunelleschi to St. Peter's in Rome, the palaces of Venice, and the Medici Chapel in Florence, Peter Murray's lavishly illustrated book tells readers everything they need to know about the architectural life of Italy from the thirteenth through the sixteenth centuries. -- Book Jacket (inside flap).
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- Creator
- Peter Murray
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- English
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- New revised edition
- New York : Schocken Books, 1986
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- 252 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- ISBNs
- 0805208070, 9780805208078, 0805210822, 9780805210828
- OCLC
- ocm12805063
- "This edition first published in Great Britain by Thames & Hudson, London, and by Schocken Books Inc., New York, in 1986"--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-243) and index.
- Romanesque and Gothic in Tuscany -- Brunelleschi -- Alberti -- Palace design in Florence, Venice and elsewhere -- Milan : Filarete, Leonardo, Bramante -- Bramante in Rome : St. Peter's Raphael and Giulio Romano -- Peruzzi and Antonio da Sangallo the Younger -- Michelangelo -- Sanmicheli and Sansovino -- Serlio, Vignola and the late sixteenth century -- Florentine mannerists: Palladio -- Villas : Vignola and Palladio