Architecture in the Culture of Early Humanism: Ethics, Aesthetics, and Eloquence, 1400-1470

by Christine Smith

The impact of early Italian humanism on the development of Quattrocentro architecture has received much attention in recent years. In these essays, Smith focuses instead on the place of architecture in humanist thought--on the ways that works of architecture or architectural imagery became important vehicles for the expression of the humanist's ethical, political, and cultural concerns. The essays in the first part focus on the thought of Leon Battista...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195061284
• ISBN13: 9780195061284
• Release Date: June 1992
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.6"