Origins, imitation, conventions : representation in the visual arts / James S. Ackerman.

Author/creator Ackerman, James S.
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2002.
Descriptionxi, 328 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents On origins of art history and criticism -- The origins of architectural drawing in the Middle Ages and Renaissance -- Leonardo da Vinci's church designs -- On the origins of architectural photography -- Imitation -- Art and science in the drawings of Leonardo da Vinci -- The aesthetics of architecture in the Renaissance -- The influence of antiquity on Italian Renaissance villas -- Daniele Barbaro and Vitruvius -- Palladio: classical in what sense? -- Thomas Jefferson and Italy -- The conventions and rhetoric of architectural drawing.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2001044155
ISBN0262011867 (hc. : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks N7480 .A29 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold