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Architectonics Of Humanism: Essays On Number In Architecture
Author: March, Lionel
Paperback; Illustrations
296 pages
Published: October 1998
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN: 0471977543
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Reinterpreting the architectural principles of the Renaissance period. This book presents a fresh viewpoint on the use of symmetry and proportion in Alberti and Palladio with the help of new illustrations and examples. Covering the evolution of the Renaissance tradition into the twentieth century, this book offers a new evaluation which veers from Le Corbusier and the French school and moves toward the continuation and transformation in the Viennese and Chicago practices exemplified by Frank Lloyd Wright and the American school. Lionel March (Los Angeles, CA) is a practicingarchitect and an avid follower of the Modernist tradition in architecture. He also teaches at the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at UCLA.A reinterpretation of the architectural principles (the architectonics) of the Renaissance period, this text presents views on the use of symmetry and proportion in Alberti and Palladio, with the help of illustrations and examples.


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