The Cambridge Companion to the Italian Renaissance
The Cambridge Companion to the Italian Renaissance

Author: Michael Wyatt

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014-06-26

Total Pages: 471

ISBN-13: 0521876060

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Leading international contributors present a lively and interdisciplinary panorama of the Italian Renaissance as it has developed in recent decades.

The Cassone Paintings of Francesco di Giorgio
The Cassone Paintings of Francesco di Giorgio

Author: Burton B. Fredericksen

Publisher: Getty Publications

Published: 1969-01-01

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 0892360623

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The wood paneled chests, or cassoni, painted by Francesco di Giorgio early in his career are thought to represent the pinnacle of his achievements. This monograph treats Francesco’s fifteenth-century cassone paintings in terms of chronology, iconography, and overall importance; included is his Triumph of Chastity, now in the collection of the Getty Museum.

Leonardo da Vinci – Nature and Architecture
Leonardo da Vinci – Nature and Architecture

Author: Constance Moffatt

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2019-06-17

Total Pages: 449

ISBN-13: 9004398449

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The second volume of Leonardo Studies explores a dual theme of nature and architecture, offering a wide-ranging overview of current Leonardo scholarship on these two abundant subjects. While Leonardo worked on his Treatise on Painting, he noted that understanding the physical properties of nature must precede individual projects of painting or designing buildings. The volume begins with the Trattato, and follows with physics, geology, painting that imitates architectural structure and vice-versa, and proceeds to architectural projects, questions of attribution, urban planning, and and the dissemination of Leonardo’s writings in the Trattato and its historiography. This impressive group of articles constitutes not only new research, but also a departure point for future studies on these topics. Contributors are: Janis Bell, Andrea Bernardoni, Marco Carpiceci, Paolo Cavagnero, Fabio Colonnese, Kay Etheridge, Diane Ghirardo, Claudio Giorgione, Domenico Laurenza, Catherine Lucheck, Silvio Mara, Jill Pederson, Richard Schofield, Sara Taglialagamba, Cristiano Tessari, Marco Versiero, and Raffaella Zama.

The Innovators Behind Leonardo
The Innovators Behind Leonardo

Author: Plinio Innocenzi

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-06-27

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 3319904493

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This engaging book places Leonardo da Vinci’s scientific achievements within the wider context of the rapid development that occurred during the Renaissance. It demonstrates how his contributions were not in fact born of isolated genius, but rather part of a rich period of collective advancement in science and technology, which began at least 50 years prior to his birth. Readers will discover a very special moment in history, when creativity and imagination were changing the future—shaping our present. They will be amazed to discover how many technological inventions had already been conceived or even designed by the engineers and inventors who preceded Leonardo, such as Francesco di Giorgio and Taccola, the so-called Siena engineers. This engaging volume features a wealth of illustrations from a variety of original sources, such as manuscripts and codices, enabling the reader to see and judge for him or herself the influence that other Renaissance engineers and inventors had on Leonardo.

Ars et Ingenium: The Embodiment of Imagination in Francesco di Giorgio Martini's Drawings
Ars et Ingenium: The Embodiment of Imagination in Francesco di Giorgio Martini's Drawings

Author: Pari Riahi

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-02-11

Total Pages: 207

ISBN-13: 1317755995

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When did drawing become an integral part of architecture? Among several architects and artists who brought about this change during the Renaissance, Francesco di Giorgio Martini’s ideas on drawing recorded in his Trattati di architettura, ingegneria e arte militare (1475-1490) are significant. Francesco suggests that drawing is linked to the architect’s imagination and central in conveying images and ideas to others. Starting with the broader edges of Francesco’s written work and steadily penetrating into the fantastic world of his drawings, the book examines his singular formulation of the act of drawing and its significance in the context of the Renaissance. The book concludes with speculations on how Francesco’s work is relevant to us at the onset of another major shift in architecture caused by the proliferation of digital media.

Siena
Siena

Author: Fabrizio Nevola

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2007-01-01

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780300126785

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Weaving together social, political, economic and architectural history, this book explores the role of key patrons in Siena's urban projects, including Pope Pius II Piccolomini and his family, and the quasi-despot Pandolfo Petrucci.