Main entry:

Wittkower, Rudolf.

Title & Author:

Architectural principles in the age of humanism / Rudolf Wittkower.

Edition:

5th ed.

Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex : Academy Editions, 1998.

Description:

160 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
"This fifth edition is intended to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of the book"--P. [4].
Companion vol. to: Architectonics of humanism / Lionel March.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1. The centrally planned church and the Renaissance -- Part 2. Alberti's approach to antiquity in architecture -- Part 3. Principles of Palladio's architecture -- Part 4. The problem of harmonic proportion in architecture.

Summary:

Published to coincide with the release of Architectonics of Humanism', this new edition offers definitive explanations of the significance of certain architectural forms, and reveals the limitations of an aesthetic theory of Renaissance architecture.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0471977632 (paperback)
9780471977636 (paperback)

Subject:

Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580
Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472
Architecture, Renaissance Italy.
Architecture Italy.
Architecture Composition, proportion, etc.
Architecture de la Renaissance Italie.
Architecture Italie.
Architecture Composition, proportions, etc.
Architecture.
Architecture, Renaissance.
Architektur
Renaissance
Architectuurtheorieën.
Italy.
Italien

Holdings:

Location: Library main 175868
Call No.: NA1115.W5 1998
Status: Available