Italian architecture : from Michelangelo to Borromini
Hopkins, Andrew
Italian architecture : from Michelangelo to Borromini - London Thames & Hudson Ltd. 2002 - 222,ip.
CONTENTS
Preface 7
Chapter 1 : Michelangelo and his contemporariesMichelangelo 10
Michelangelo's contemporaries 19North-eastern Italy 32
Papal Rome 42
Florence and the Medici 53
Genoa and Milan 63
Chapter 2 : Urbanism, building types and treatises
Urbanism and fortifications 76
Public buildings 85
Churches 94
Palaces 108
Villas 117
Treatises 128
Chapter 3 : Scamozzi, Maderno and their contemporaries
Venice and the Veneto: Vincenzo Scamozzi 138
The Spanish-ruled South 145
The Rome of Della Porta and Maderno 157
Some duchies and the Papal States 168
North-western Italy 179
Longhena, Cortona, Bernini and Borromini: the creation of the Baroque 188
Epilogue 202
Select Bibliography 211
Sources of Illustrations 215
Index 216
9780500203613
720.945 / HOP
Italian architecture : from Michelangelo to Borromini - London Thames & Hudson Ltd. 2002 - 222,ip.
CONTENTS
Preface 7
Chapter 1 : Michelangelo and his contemporariesMichelangelo 10
Michelangelo's contemporaries 19North-eastern Italy 32
Papal Rome 42
Florence and the Medici 53
Genoa and Milan 63
Chapter 2 : Urbanism, building types and treatises
Urbanism and fortifications 76
Public buildings 85
Churches 94
Palaces 108
Villas 117
Treatises 128
Chapter 3 : Scamozzi, Maderno and their contemporaries
Venice and the Veneto: Vincenzo Scamozzi 138
The Spanish-ruled South 145
The Rome of Della Porta and Maderno 157
Some duchies and the Papal States 168
North-western Italy 179
Longhena, Cortona, Bernini and Borromini: the creation of the Baroque 188
Epilogue 202
Select Bibliography 211
Sources of Illustrations 215
Index 216
9780500203613
720.945 / HOP