Ann Marie Borys

Vincenzo Scamozzi and the Chorography of Early Modern Architecture. Ann Marie Borys

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Produktbeschreibung

Borys presents Scamozzi as a traveler and an observer, the first Western architect to respond to the changing shape of the world in the Age of Discovery. Pointing out his familiarity with the expansion of knowledge in natural history and geography: to make geography and cartography central to the knowledge of the architect.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 173mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9780367433277
• ISBN-10: 0367433273
• Artikelnr.: 59989561

Autorenporträt

Ann Marie Borys is Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture at the University of Washington, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface: chorography, place, and time
'Citizen of the world'
Geography and chorography: Scamozzi's theory of place
Mapping the natural world: casa and villa
Mapping the city: palaces and civic buildings
Chorography and cosmography: place and transcendence
'A scientific habit'
Appendix
Bibliography
Index.