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Venice & Vitruvius : reading Venice with Daniele Barbaro and Andrea Palladio

Title
Venice & Vitruvius : reading Venice with Daniele Barbaro and Andrea Palladio / Margaret Muther D'Evelyn.
Author
D'Evelyn, Margaret Muther, 1948-
Publication
New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2012.

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TextUse in library JQF 12-1448Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300

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Description
xii, 492 p. : ill.; 26 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift, in memory of Payne Whitney.
Alternative Title
  • Venice and Vitruvius
  • Reading Venice with Daniele Barbaro and Andrea Palladio
Subject
  • Vitruvius Pollio > Influence
  • Vitruvius Pollio
  • Barbaro, Daniel, 1514-1570 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Architecture > Italy > Venice > History > 16th century
  • Architectural writing > Early works to 1800
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Composing the commentaries. The arrival of the Italian Renaissance illustrated architectural book -- Reading Venice. Building in Venice without proper foundations : from mud to metaphysics -- Open doors and welcoming atria -- Well-lighted windows -- Roofs : from seaweed to magnificence -- Bricks that swim -- The city as theater -- Literary light.
Call Number
JQF 12-1448
ISBN
  • 9780300174519 (cl : alk. paper)
  • 0300174519 (cl : alk. paper)
LCCN
2011044475
OCLC
759174508
Author
D'Evelyn, Margaret Muther, 1948-
Title
Venice & Vitruvius : reading Venice with Daniele Barbaro and Andrea Palladio / Margaret Muther D'Evelyn.
Imprint
New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2012.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JQF 12-1448
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