Pliny the Elder and the Emergence of Renaissance Architecture
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Pliny the Elder and the Emergence of Renaissance Architecture

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Pliny the Elder and the Emergence of Renaissance Architecture

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The Naturalis historia by Pliny the Elder provided Renaissance scholars, artists and architects with details of ancient architectural practice and long-lost architectural wonders - material that was often unavailable elsewhere in classical literature. Pliny's descriptions frequently included the dimensions of these buildings, as well as details of their unusual construction materials and ornament. This book describes, for the first time, how the passages were interpreted from around 1430 to 1580, that is, from Alberti to Palladio. Chapters are arranged chronologically within three interrelated sections - antiquarianism; architectural writings; drawings and built monuments - thereby making it possible for the reader to follow the changing attitudes to Pliny over the period. The resulting study establishes the Naturalis historia as the single most important literary source after Vitruvius's De architectura.

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Information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9781107079861
eBook ISBN
9781316420010
Topic
Art
Subtopic
Art General

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Illustrations
  8. Editorial Note
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. Abbreviations
  11. Introduction
  12. Chapter One Pliny the Elder and His Place in Antique and Mediaeval Writings on Architecture
  13. Plates
  14. Part I Pliny the Elder and Antiquarian Studies of the Roman Ruins
  15. Part II Pliny the Elder and Architectural Writings
  16. Part III Pliny the Elder, Architectural Drawings, and Built Monuments
  17. Appendix I Editions of the Naturalis historia Printed in Italy during the Fifteenth Century
  18. Appendix II Editions of De Architectura Printed In Italy During The Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
  19. Notes
  20. Bibliography
  21. Credits
  22. Index