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Title: The Architecture of the Italian Renaissance by Peter Murray ISBN: 0-8052-1082-2 Publisher: Schocken Books Pub. Date: 20 May, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Armchair Guide to Renaissance Architecture
Comment: This well-illustrated, tightly-crafted paperback is a pleasure to read. By well-illustrated I don't mean fancy. You won't find big color photographs, but you will see what the author is talking about. Murray is not only an expert on the subject; he's a good writer, and I know of no other book that so effortlessly leads the reader through the story of how the wonderful Renaissance architecture of Venice, Rome, and particularly Florence came to be. If you want to know WHY those churches and palaces look that way, and why it matters, this is your book. I especially recommend it to Florence-bound travelers.
Rating: 5
Summary: An accessible presentation for non-academics
Comment: I am not an academic, so I cannot judge the accuracy or importance of this book from a historical perspective. I bought this book to help prepare for a trip to Tuscany and Umbria, and was pleasantly suprised to find it very readable and even difficult to put down. I am now more excited than ever to visit not only the famous sites such as the Duomo and Palazzi in Florence, but also lesser known sites such as Lucca's Palazzo dello Signoria and its Piazza and fountain, by the Mannerist Amanetti. I wish I had this book before my visit to St. Peter's in Rome, because the knowledge of the succession of architects and their circumstances would have made my visit even more rewarding, if that could be possible.
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Title: Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism by Rudolf Wittkower ISBN: 0393005992 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: September, 1971 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: The Classical Language of Architecture by John Summerson ISBN: 0262690128 Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 15 December, 1966 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Italian Architecture from Michelangelo to Borromini: From Michelangelo to Borromini (World of Art) by Andrew Hopkins ISBN: 050020361X Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Italian Architecture of the 16th Century by Colin Rowe, Leon Satkowski ISBN: 156898331X Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: The Four Books of Architecture by Andrea Palladio ISBN: 0486213080 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 June, 1965 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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