Nexus Network Journal 10,2

Kim Williams

ISBN 10: 3764387653 / ISBN 13: 9783764387655

Published by Birkhäuser Berlin, Birkhäuser Basel, Birkhäuser Okt 2008, 2008

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This volume features a collection of papers dedicated to 'Canons of Form-Making', in honor of the 500th anniversary of the birth of architect Andrea Palladio (1508-1580). Theorist as well as practitioner, Palladio's architecture was based on well-defined canons that he had gleaned from studying the treatises as well as the remains of architecture from antiquity. Palladio himself left to posterity not only his large corpus of built works, but his Quattro libri d'architettura. Three of the papers in this issue are specifically about Palladio and his work. The other papers deal with canons of form-making, ancient and contemporary. 169 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Nexus Network Journal 10,2
• Publisher: Birkhäuser Berlin, Birkhäuser Basel, Birkhäuser Okt 2008
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3764387653
• ISBN 13: 9783764387655
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 240W x 170H x 36D millimeters 240 millimeters width by 170 millimeters height by 36 millimeters depth
• Weight: 313 grams

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Synopsis

This volume features a collection of papers dedicated to "Canons of Form-Making", in honor of the 500th anniversary of the birth of architect Andrea Palladio (1508-1580). Theorist as well as practitioner, Palladio's architecture was based on well-defined canons that he had gleaned from studying the treatises as well as the remains of architecture from antiquity. Palladio himself left to posterity not only his large corpus of built works, but his Quattro libri d'architettura. Three of the papers in this issue are specifically about Palladio and his work. The other papers deal with canons of form-making, ancient and contemporary.