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

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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"

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