Main entry:

Du Prey, Pierre de la Ruffinière.

Title & Author:

The villas of Pliny from antiquity to posterity / Pierre de la Ruffinière du Prey.

Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©1994.

Description:

xxvi, 377 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-366) and index.
Introduction: Comum tuae meaeque deliciae -- 1. Four cardinal points of a Villa -- 2. The Medici and Pliny -- 3. Ruins and restitutions -- 4. From words to images -- 5. Lectures and exhibitions -- 6. The joys of emulation -- Conclusion: amores mei -- Appendixes: 1. Pliny's letter to Gallus -- Pliny's letter to Apollinaris -- 3. Thomas Wright's description of his Villa -- 4. Known Laurentine and Tuscan villa restitutions -- List of abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Summary:

"Pierre de la Ruffiniere du Prey traces Pliny's influence as a continuous theme throughout the history of architecture. First he looks at what Pliny considered to be the essential qualities of a villa. He then discusses the many buildings Pliny inspired: from the Renaissance estates of the Medici, to papal summer residences near Rome, to Thomas Jefferson's Monticello and the home of former Canadian prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Equally important to du Prey's study are the many designs by architects past and present that remain on paper. These imaginary restitutions of Pliny's villas, each representative of its own epoch, trace in microcosm the evolution of the classical tradition in domestic architecture. In analyzing each project, du Prey illuminates the work of such great masters as Michelozzo, Raphael, Palladio, and Schinkel, in addition to well-known modern architects Leon Krier, Jean-Pierre Adam, and Thomas Gordon Smith." "This book will appeal to anyone who has ever dreamed of a place in the country, as well as to classicists, archaeologists, cultural historians, and contemporary architects and landscape designers. In addition to scores of black-and-white illustrations, forty-eight striking color reproductions intensify the personal quality of this beautiful study."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0226173003
9780226173009

Subject:

Pliny, the Younger Homes and haunts.
Pliny, the Younger Contributions in architecture
Pline, le Jeune Et l'architecture
Pliny, the Younger.
Pliny, the Younger$xInfluence.
Pline le Jeune, (0065-0114) contribution à l'architecture.
Architecture, Domestic Rome Influence.
Architecture, Roman Influence.
Villas Rome Influence.
Architecture romaine Influence.
Architecture, Domestic Influence.
Homes.
Villa's.
Beïnvloeding.
Edifícios residenciais (influências) Roma antiga.
Vilas (arquitetura) Roma (itália)
Arquitetura romana (influências)
Architecture, Domestic History Roman influences.
Villas romaines Influence.
Architecture domestique Rome Influence.
Rome (Empire)
Architecture, Domestic -- Rome -- Influence
Architecture, Roman -- Influence
Pliny, the Younger -- Contributions in architecture

Holdings:

Location: Library main 104264
Call No.: NA324.D8 (ID:94-B1952)
Status: Available

Location: Library main 104263
Call No.: NA324.D8 (ID:94-B1952)
Status: Available