Italian Architecture: From Michelangelo to Borromini

Andrew Hopkins

Italian Architecture: From Michelangelo to Borromini
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Published
19 August 2002
Pages
224
ISBN
9780500203613

Italian Architecture: From Michelangelo to Borromini

Andrew Hopkins

The years from 1520 to 1630 were crucial to the development of Western architecture, but to reduce the transition from Michelangelo’s ‘licentious’ New Sacristy in Florence to Borromini’s innovative S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane to the label ‘mannerist’ is coming to seem simplistic.

In this freshly researched and original study, Andrew Hopkins stresses the variety of ideas being tried out at this time in response to the changing demands of function, patronage, politics and local traditions, exploring a wide range of Italian buildings (including those outside the major centres), and introducing dozens of neglected architects whose works will come as a revelation.

By 1630, a consensus had emerged and architecture took on a new dynamism that would soon conquer Italy, Europe and the New World: the Baroque.

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