Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism
by Rudolf Wittkower
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"Professor Wittkower's....studies of humanist architecture are masterpieces of scholarship."-Sir Kenneth Clark, Architectural Review. A fourth edition of the forty-year-old classic. 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. With publication scheduled to coincide with that of show more Architectonics of Humanism, this important reference is superbly reproduced in a new, large square format. The late RUDOLF WITTKOWER was a college professor and eminent scholar residing in London, England. show lessTags
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Rudolf Wittkower was During-Lawrence Professor of the History of Art at the University of London, Chairman of the Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University, Kress Professor at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and Slade Professor at Cambridge.
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- Original publication date
- 1949
- People/Characters
- Leon Battista Alberti; Andrea Palladio
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