| Description |
1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series |
Oxford history of art |
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Oxford history of art.
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| Note |
Print version record. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Voluptuous Pleasure of Building; Chapter 2 The House of God; Chapter 3 Theories and Practices: The Case of St Peter's, Rome; Chapter 4 The Architecture of Ascendancy: Buildings and Power; Chapter 5 Corporate Identity; Chapter 6 Shaping the Renaissance City; Chapter 7 Architecture in the Natural World; Chapter 8 Distant Shores; Notes; Timeline; Further Reading; List of Illustrations; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. |
| Summary |
The Renaissance was a diverse phenomenon, marked by innovation and economic expansion, the rise of powerful rulers, religious reforms, and social change. Encompassing the entire continent, Renaissance Architecture examines the rich variety of buildings that emerged during these seminal centuries of European history. Although marked by the rise of powerful individuals, both patrons and architects, the Renaissance was equally a time of growing group identities and communities - and architecture provided the public face to these new identities . Religious reforms in northern Europe, spurred on by. |
| Subject |
Architecture, Renaissance.
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ARCHITECTURE -- History -- Renaissance.
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Architecture, Renaissance. (OCoLC)fst00813917
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Maatschappij tot Bevordering der Bouwkunst. (NL-LeOCL)113610467
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Renaissance. (NL-LeOCL)078649064
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Anderson, Christy. Renaissance architecture. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013 9780192842275 (OCoLC)798060595 |
| ISBN |
9780191625251 (electronic bk.) |
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0191625256 (electronic bk.) |
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