The Italian Renaissance Palace Façade
Author | : Charles Burroughs |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009-04-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 0521109736 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780521109734 |
Rating | : 4/5 (734 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Italian Renaissance Palace Façade written by Charles Burroughs and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-04-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The architectural facade -- a crucial and ubiquitous element of traditional cityscapes -- addresses and enhances the space of the city, while displaying or dissembling interior arrangements. Burroughs traces the development of the Italian Renaissance palace facade as a cultural, architectural and spatial phenomenon, and as a new way of setting a limit to and defining a private sphere. He draws on literary evidence and analyses of significant Renaissance buildings, noting the paucity of explicit discussion of the theme in an era of extensive architectural publishing.