Architectural Principles In The Age Of Humanism Trzemeszno

'Professor Wittkower′s....studies of humanist architecture aremasterpieces of scholarship.'–Sir Kenneth Clark, ArchitecturalReview.<br /><br />A fourth edition of the forty–year–old classic.<br /><br />Focusing on the principal architects of that time–from Alberti toPalladio–this bestselling classic explains the true significance ofcertain architectural forms, bringing to light the connectionsbetween the architecture and culture of the period. Withpublication scheduled to coincide with that of Architectonics ofHumanism, this important reference is superbly reproduced in a new,large square format.<br /><br />The late RUDOLF WITTKOWER was a college professor and eminentscholar residing in London, England. 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. THE CENTRALLY PLANNED CHURCH AND THE RENAISSANCE.<br /><br />Alberti′s Programme of the Ideal Church.<br /><br />Centralized Churches in Later Architectural Theory.<br /><br />Building Practice: S Maria delle Carceri.<br /><br />Bramante and Palladio.<br /><br />The Religious Symbolism of Centrally Planned Churches.<br /><br />ALBERTI′S APPROACH TO ANTIQUITY IN ARCHITECTURE.<br /><br />The Column in Alberti′s Theory and Practice.<br /><br />S. Francesco at Rimini.<br /><br />S. Maria Novella.<br /><br />S. Sebastiano and S. Andrea at Mantua.<br /><br />The Change in Alberti′s Interpretation of ClassicalArchitecture.<br /><br />PRINCIPLES OF PALLADIO′S ARCHITECTURE.<br /><br />The Architect as ′uomo universale′: Palladio, Trissino andBarbaro.<br /><br />Palladio′s Geometry: The Villas.<br /><br />Palladio and Classical Architecture: Palaces and PublicBuildings.<br /><br />The Genesis of an Idea: Palladio′s Church Fa&ccedil;ades.<br /><br />Palladio′s Optical and Psychological Concepts: II Redentore.<br /><br />THE PROBLEM OF HARMONIC PROPORTION IN ARCHITECTURE.<br /><br />Francesco Giorgi′s Platonic Programme for S. Francesco dellaVigna.<br /><br />The Mean Proportionals and Architecture.<br /><br />Alberti′s Generation of Ratios.<br /><br />Musical Consonances and the Visual Arts.<br /><br />Palladio′s ′fugal′ System of Proportion.<br /><br />Palladio′s Ratios and the Development of Sixteenth–Century MusicalTheory.<br /><br />The Break–away from the Laws of Harmonic PorportionArchitecture.<br /><br />Appendices.<br /><br />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.