The Italian Renaissance Palace Fa Ade: Structures of Authority, Surfaces of Sense

by Charles Burroughs

Book Overview

The architectural facade addresses and enhances the space of the city, while displaying, or dissembling, interior arrangements. In this book, Charles Burroughs tracks the emergence of the facade in late medieval Florence and then follows the sharply diverging reactions of Renaissance architects to new demands and possibilities for representation in both residential and governmental contexts. Understanding the facade as an assemblage of elements of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521109736
• ISBN13: 9780521109734
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.7" x 9.6"