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Item Number: 127348
Title: Beyond Beauty: Re-Examining Architectural Proportion Through the Basilicas of San Lorenzo and Santo Spirito in Florence
Author: Cohen, Matthew A
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9788831716437
Description: Venice: Marsilio, 2013. 26cm., pbk., 304pp. illus. English text. Summary: The magic of early Renaissance architecture. The notion that numerical proportional systems contribute to the serene, orderly appearance of the basilica of San Lorenzo has long stood as a virtual axiom of architectural history. In this book, Cohen challenges this and many other long-standing preconceptions about proportional systems in the history of architecture. Using Brunelleschi's basilicas of San Lorenzo and Santo Spirito as case studies, the author presents a detailed analysis of his comprehensive measurements of these buildings, which he recorded from scaffolding, meticulous observations of the built fabric, and a variety of documentary sources. This book presents a rigorous new approach to an important but little studied area of architectural history and is essential reading for anyone interested in medieval and Renaissance architecture. (Premio James Ackerman per la storia dell'architettura, 7)
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