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These essays by one of America's foremost historians of art and architecture range over theory and criticism, the search for connections between art and science in the Renaissance, and specific works of Renaissance architecture.The largest group of essays, dealing with the character of Renaissance architecture, are models of art historical scholarship in their direct approach to identifying the essentials of a building and the social and intellectual context in which they should be viewed. Another group of essays explores encounters between the traditions of artistic practice and early optics and color theory. The three essays that begin this collection bring to light the intellectual and moral concerns that underlie all of Ackerman's art historical work.

ISBN	0262510774	Pages	589
ISBN13	9780262510776 (What's this?)	Volumes	1
Publisher	MIT Press Ltd	Weight (grammes)	1407
Imprint	MIT Press	Published in	Cambridge, Mass.
Format	Paperback	Height (mm)	249
Publication date	06 May 1994	Width (mm)	180
Writer of introduction	Kathleen Weil-Garris Brandt, Richard Krautheimer	Spine width (mm)	33
DEWEY	709.024	Academic level	Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly
DEWEY edition	DC20

	Preface
	Xenion: A Bread and Butter Letter by Kathleen Weil-Garris Brandt and Richard Krautheimer
	James S. Ackerman: Selected Bibliography
1	Style	3
2	Transactions in Architectural Design	23
3	Interpretation, Response: Toward a Theory of Art Criticism	37
4	Alberti's Light	59
5	Leonardo's Eye	97
6	On Early Renaissance Color Theory and Practice	151
7	Early Renaissance "Naturalism" and Scientific Illustration	185
8	"Ars Sine Scientia Nihil Est": Gothic Theory of Architecture at the Cathedral of Milan	211
9	The Certosa of Pavia and the Renaissance in Milan	269
10	Sources of the Renaissance Villa	303
11	The Belvedere as a Classical Villa	325
12	Architectural Practice in the Italian Renaissance	361
13	The Capitoline Hill	385
14	The Gesu in the Light of Contemporary Church Design	417
15	The Geopolitics of Venetan Archirecture in the Time of Titian	453
16	The Tuscan/Rustic Order: A Study in the Metaphorical Language of Architecture	495
	Photograph Credits	547
	Index of Names	549

"James Ackerman's essays are nuggets of pure gold in themainstream of American cultural history. They exemplifythe very best art history has achieved in our time." Irving Lavin, The Institute for Advanced Study,Princeton University "James Ackerman's essays are nuggets of pure gold in the mainstream of American cultural history. They exemplify the very best art history has achieved in our time." Irving Latin , The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University

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