All the King’s Horses
Vitruvius in an Age of Princes
$113.27
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
16 May 2023
Summary
How the Italian Renaissance reinvented the power of princes by rediscovering Vitruvius and his architecture—and justified their right to rule.
In Vitruvius: Writing the Body of Architecture, Indra Kagis McEwen argued that Vitruvius’s first-century BC treatise De architectura was informed by imperial ideology, giving architecture a role in the imperial Roman project of world rule. In her sequel, All the King’s Horses, McEwen focuses on the early Renaissance r…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262047616 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262047616 |
| Author: | Indra Kagis Mcewen |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 16 May 2023 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 159mm x 241mm |
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Critics Review
“McEwen’s thoughtful book not only helps us better understand a particular moment in the Renaissance fascination with Vitruvius but also invites us to reflect on the way that this ancient architectural treatise functions as a lens on a changing world.”
—Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians
Indra Kagis Mcewen
Indra Kagis McEwen is an architect, historian, and affiliate professor in the Art History Department at Concordia University in Montreal. Her publications include two books:
- Socrates’ Ancestor: An Essay on Architectural Beginnings (1993)
- Vitruvius: Writing the Body of Architecture (2003)
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