The Four Books on Architecture
$94.15
- Paperback
472 pages
- Release Date
23 August 2002
Summary
The Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio was one of the most influential figures that the field of architecture has ever produced. For classical architects, the term Palladian stands for a vocabulary of architectural forms embodying perfection and beauty. Of even greater significance than Palladio’s buildings is his treatise I quattro libri dell’architettura (The Four Books On Architecture), the most successful architectural treatise of the Renaissance and one of the two or three mo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262661331 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262661330 |
| Author: | Andrea Palladio, Richard Schofield, Robert Tavernor |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 472 |
| Release Date: | 23 August 2002 |
| Weight: | 1.23kg |
| Dimensions: | 279mm x 203mm x 25mm |
| Series: | The MIT Press |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
Tavernor and Schofield’s beautiful edition brings us…the Palladio we had always hoped to meet.– John McKean , Architects Journal –
Tavernor and Schofield’s beautiful edition brings us…the Palladio we had always hoped to meet.
— John McKean, Architects JournalAbout The Author
Andrea Palladio
Richard Schofield
Richard Schofield is Professor of Architectural History at the Instituto universitario di architettura at Venice (IUAV). He is coauthor of books on Giovanni Antonio Amadeo and Pellegrino Pellegrini.
Robert Tavernor
Robert Tavernor is Professor and Head of Architecture at the University of Bath and a practicing architect. His previous books include a translation (with Joseph Rykwert and Neil Leach) of Alberti’s On the Art of Building in Ten Books; and Palladio and Palladianism.
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