Architectonics of Humanism: Essays on Number in Architecture

by Rudolf Wittkower and Lionel March

Reinterpreting the architectural principles of the Renaissance period. This book presents a fresh viewpoint on the use of symmetry and proportion in Alberti and Palladio with the help of new illustrations and examples. Covering the evolution of the Renaissance tradition into the twentieth century, this book offers a new evaluation which veers from Le Corbusier and the French school and moves toward the continuation and transformation in the Viennese...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471977543
• ISBN13: 9780471977544
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.9" x 9.3"