Les livres d'architecture

Author(s) Vitruve Barbaro, Daniele Palladio, Andrea (illustrator)
Title I dieci libri dell’architettura...
Imprint Venice, F. De Franceschi, 1584
Localisation Einsiedeln, Stiftung Bibliothek Werner Œchslin, A 04b app. 861
Subject Architecture

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The book is the reissue of the Italian version published by Barbaro in 1567 , except for a few details: the framing of the title page is the same as that of Alberti’s Venitian edition which appeared in 1565 .

Frédérique Lemerle (Centre national de la recherche scientifique,
Centre d’études supérieures de la Renaissance, Tours) – 2010

Critical bibliography

J. S. Ackerman, "Daniele Barbaro and Vitruvius", C. L. Striker (ed.), Architectural Studies in Memory of Richard Krautheimer, Mainz, von Zabern, 1996, pp. 1-5. A. Becker, Ammerkungen zu Vitruv, Doctoral dissertation, University of Mainz, 1991. P. Caye, L. Moretti, F. Lemerle, V. Zara (ed.), Daniele Barbaro 1514-1570. Vénitien, patricien, humaniste, Turnhout, Brepols, 2017. L. Cellauro, "Daniele Barbaro and Vitruvius: The Architectural Theory of a Renaissance Humanist and Patron", Papers of the British School at Rome, 72, 2004, pp. 293-329. V. Fontana, "‘Arte’ e ‘esperienza’ nei trattati di architettura veneziani del Cinquecento", Architettura, 7, 1978, pp. 49-72.

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