Sebastiano Serlio on domestic architecture : different dwellings from the meanest hovel to the most ornate palace : the sixteenth-century manuscript of book VI in the Avery Library of Columbia University / foreword by Adolf K. Placzek ; introduction by James S. Ackerman ; text by Myra Nan Rosenfeld.

Main entry:

Serlio, Sebastiano, 1475-1554.

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Description:

81, [159] pages : illustrations ; 36 cm.

Series:

The Architectural History Foundation/MIT Press series ; 1

Notes:
Reproduced from the manuscript in Avery Library, Columbia University.
Italian text with English commentary.
Reproduced from ms. in Avery Library, Columbia University.
Includes bibliographical references.
Essays include: I. Biographical background: Serlio's publications and buildings. -- II. The history and evolution of On Domestic Architecture: Serlio's working method. -- III. On Domestic Architecture and the development of the printed book in the Renaissance: Serlio, Dürer and Pieter Coeke. -- IV. Social structure in Book VI: The historic and economic background. -- V. Building types. -- VI. The theoretical significance of On Domestic Architecture: a comparison of the Avery and Munich manuscripts. -- VII. Serlio's legacy.
Also issued online.
Current Copyright Fee: GBP15.00 0.

ISBN:

0262191741
9780262191746

Subject:

Serlio, Sebastiano, 1475-1554. Tutte l'opere d'architettura.
Tutte l'opere d'architettura (Serlio, Sebastiano)
Architecture, Domestic Early works to 1800.
Architecture Early works to 1800.
Manuscripts, Italian Facsimiles.
Architecture, Domestic.
Architecture domestique.
Architecture Ouvrages avant 1800.
dwellings.
Manuscripts, Italian
Architecture.
Residences Architectural design, ca 1550 Italian texts. Manuscripts. Facsimiles

Form/genre:

Facsimiles
Early works.

Added entries:

Rosenfeld, Myra Nan.
Placzek, Adolf K., writer of foreword.
Ackerman, James S., writer of introduction.
Architectural History Foundation/MIT Press series ; v. 1.

Title on series title page: On domestic architecture, Sebastiano Serlio's sixth book

Holdings:

Location: Library main 84940
Call No.: ID:86-B16593
Status: Available

Location: Library main 84939
Call No.: W5507; ID:86-B16593
Status: Available

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