Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism by Wittkower

ISBN: 0393005992

Author: Wittkower Ph.D., Rudolph

Condition: new

Sir Kenneth Clark wrote in the Architectural Review, that the first result of this book was to dispose, once and for all, of the hedonist, or purely aesthetic, theory of Renaissance architecture, and this defines Wittkowers intention in a nutshell. A brief examination of the theory and practice of Renaissance architecture that draws attention to the values underlying this style