Palladio
$36.40
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
25 July 1991
Summary
Palladian structure influenced architects of the 20th Century, including Le Corbusier, Philip Johnson and IM Pei.
Palladio (1508-80) combined classical restraint with constant inventiveness. In this study, Professor Ackerman sets Palladio in the context of his age - the Humanist era of Michelangelo and Raphael, Titian and Veronese - and examines each of the villas, churches and palaces in turn and tries to penetrate to the heart of the Palladian miracle.
Palladio’s theoretical…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140135008 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0140135006 |
| Author: | James Ackerman, Phyllis Massar |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Edition: | 3rd |
| Release Date: | 25 July 1991 |
| Weight: | 166g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 15mm |
| Series: | Architect and Society |
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About The Author
James Ackerman
James S. Ackerman is Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Fine Arts Emeritus at Harvard University and a Fellow and former Trustee of the American Academy in Rome. Professor Ackerman has lived for several years in Italy, beginning with service during the last war, and is the author of many studies on Italian architecture, including The Cortile del Belvedere (1954), and The Architecture of Michelangelo (1961). He has published The Villa- Form and Ideology of Country Houses (1990) and Distance Points. He is co-author of a volume on historical practice and theory, Art and Archaeology (1963) and has also conceived and narrated the films Looking for Renaissance Rome (1975, with Kathleen Weil-Garris Brandt) and Palladio the Architect and His Influence in America (1980).
Phyllis Massar is an architectural photographer who lives in New York City.
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