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All the king's horses : Vitruvius in an age of princes

Title
All the king's horses : Vitruvius in an age of princes / Indra Kagis McEwen.
Author
McEwen, Indra Kagis
Publication
  • Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2023]
  • ©2023

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Description
xv, 364 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 24 cm
Summary
"An analysis of the recovery of the Roman architect Vitruvius' groundbreaking treatise The Ten Books of Architecture in the Renaissance"--
Alternative Title
Vitruvius in an age of princes
Subject
  • Vitruvius Pollio
  • De architectura (Vitruvius Pollio)
  • 1268-1559
  • Renaissance > Italy
  • Intellectual life
  • Politics and government
  • Renaissance
  • Italy > Intellectual life > 1268-1559
  • Italy > Politics and government > 1268-1559
  • Italy
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-354) and index.
Contents
Renaissance -- Symmetry takes Command -- World Heritage, Urbino -- Virtù-vious -- The Architectonic Book -- All the King's Horses.
Call Number
JQE 24-106
ISBN
  • 9780262047616
  • 0262047616
LCCN
2022014709
OCLC
1331705801
Author
McEwen, Indra Kagis, author. Author
Title
All the king's horses : Vitruvius in an age of princes / Indra Kagis McEwen.
Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2023]
Copyright Date
©2023
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-354) and index.
Chronological Term
1268-1559
Research Call Number
JQE 24-106
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