Interpreting the Renaissance: Princes, Cities, Architects
Interpreting the Renaissance: Princes, Cities, Architects
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Tafuri, Manfredo
Cl. New Haven, 2006
Book ID: 68958
Manfredo Tafuri (1935Ð1994) is acknowledged as one of Italy's most influential architectural historians. In his final work, Tafuri analyzes Renaissance architecture from a variety of perspectives, exploring questions that occupied him for over thirty years. What theoretical terms were used to describeÊthe humanist analogy between architecture and language?ÊIs it possible toÊidentifyÊthe political motivations behind the periodÕs new urban strategies? And how does humanism embody both an attachment to tradition and an urge to experiment? TafuriÊstudies theÊtheoryÊand practice of RenaissanceÊarchitecture,Êoffering new and compelling readings ofÊitsÊvariousÊsocial, intellectualÊand cultural contexts, while providingÊa broadÊunderstandingÊofÊuses of representationÊthat shapedÊthe entire era.ÊHeÊsynthesizes the history of architectural ideas and projects through discussions of the great centers of architectural innovation in Italy (Florence, Rome, and Venice),Êkey patrons from the middle of the fifteenth century (Pope Nicholas V) to the early sixteenth century (Pope Leo X),Êand crucial figures such as Leon Battista Alberti, Filippo Brunelleschi, Lorenzo de' Medici, Raphael, Baldassare Castiglione, and Giulio Romano. A magnum opus by one of Europe's finest scholars, Interpreting the Renaissance is an essential book for anyone interested in the architecture and culture of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Italy.
408 pp., 166 B&W illus.
