Giuliano da Sangallo and the Ruins of Rome - Cammy Brothers

Giuliano da Sangallo and the Ruins of Rome

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
320 Seiten
2022
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-19379-3 (ISBN)
87,25 inkl. MwSt
An illuminating reassessment of the architect whose innovative drawings of ruins shaped the enduring image of ancient Rome

Giuliano da Sangallo (1443–1516) was one of the first architects to draw the ruins and artifacts of ancient Rome in a systematic way. Cammy Brothers shows how Giuliano played a crucial role in the Renaissance recovery of antiquity, and how his work transformed the broken fragments of Rome's past into the image of a city made whole.

Drawing new insights from the Codex Barberini and the Taccuino Senese—two exquisite collections of Giuliano's drawings on parchment—Brothers reveals how the Florentine architect devoted enormous energy to the representation of ruins, and how his studies of Rome formed an integral part of his work as a designer. She argues that Giuliano's inventive approach, which has often been mischaracterized as fantastical or naive, infused the architect's craft with the sensibilities of a poet and painter. Brothers demonstrates how his drawings form the basis for a reevaluation of the meaning and method of the Renaissance study of ancient artifacts, and brings to life the transformative moment when artists and architects began to view the fragments of ancient Rome not as broken artifacts of little interest but as objects of aesthetic contemplation.

Featuring a wealth of Giuliano's magnificent drawings, this compelling book provides an incomparable lens through which to explore essential questions about the aesthetic value, significance, and the uses of the past for today's architects.

Cammy Brothers is associate professor in the School of Architecture at Northeastern University. She is the author of Michelangelo, Drawing, and the Invention of Architecture and is a regular contributor on art and books to the Wall Street Journal. She lives in Brookline, Massachusetts. Website cammybrothers.com Twitter @BrothersCammy

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 211 color + 53 b/w illus.
Verlagsort New Jersey
Sprache englisch
Maße 219 x 279 mm
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Kunst / Musik / Theater Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Technik Architektur
ISBN-10 0-691-19379-7 / 0691193797
ISBN-13 978-0-691-19379-3 / 9780691193793
Zustand Neuware
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