Renaissance architecture : critics, patrons, luxury / by David Thomson.

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Thomson, David, 1951-

Title & Author:

Renaissance architecture : critics, patrons, luxury / by David Thomson.

Publication:

Description:

xv, 240 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-222) and index.
Preface: Bowerbirds and architecture -- 1. Luxury and building: The long life of an issue. From Genesis to Perpendicular England. Renaissance Italy. The Reformation: Fun in Protestant Basle, insecurity in Catholic Vienna. Venice: Architecture as luxury confronted. Magnificence versus luxury in northern Europe. 'Quo vadis?' -- 2. Luxury architecture in fiction and philosophy. The classical heritage. The Renaissance. 'Quo vadis?' -- 3. Renaissance architectures and peoples. The problem of authority. Language, national identity and building. Books on architecture: Manuals and treatises for all nations? Roads from Rome. Exceptions to the pluralist argument. 'Out of Italy'. 'Quo vadis?' -- 4. Uses of wealth. The admirable wealthy. Towers, coaches and funerary monuments. Money into art into money into oblivion. 'Quo vadis?' -- 5. Poverty, luxury and architecture -- Appendix 1 Amadis de Gaule -- Appendix 2 L'Ombre et Tombeau de Marguerite de France.

Summary:

The author uses a range of published and unpublished sources, and covers Italy, France, Britain, Spain, Germany and The Netherlands to explore the ethics, aesthetics and vanities of ambitious building.

ISBN:

0719039223 (hardback)
9780719039225 (hardback)
0719039630 (paperback)
9780719039638 (paperback)

Subject:

Architecture, Renaissance.
Architects and patrons.
Architecture and society History 16th century.
Architecture de la Renaissance.
Architectes et mécènes.
Architecture et société Histoire 16e siècle.
Architecture and society.
Bouwkunst.
Weelde.
Architecture Aspect social.
Architecture
Europe

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 103131
Call No.: ID NA510.T56; ID:94-B172
Status: Available

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