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The Villas of Pliny from Antiquity to Posterity
Pierre de La Ruffinière Du Prey
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Description for The Villas of Pliny from Antiquity to Posterity
Hardcover. A study of the influence of Pliny the Younger as a continuous theme throughout the history of architecture. Num Pages: 440 pages, 48 colour plates, 159 halftones, 29 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DST; AC; AMKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 220 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1272.
Pierre de la Ruffinière du Prey traces the influence of Pliny the Younger as a continuous theme throughout the history of architecture. First he looks at what Pliny considered to be the essential qualities of a villa. He then discusses the many buildings Pliny inspired: from the Renaissance estates of the Medici, to papal summer residences near Rome, to Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, and the home of former Canadian prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Equally important to du Prey's study are the many designs by architects past and present that remain on paper. These imaginary restitutions of Pliny's villas, each representative ... Read more
Pierre de la Ruffinière du Prey traces the influence of Pliny the Younger as a continuous theme throughout the history of architecture. First he looks at what Pliny considered to be the essential qualities of a villa. He then discusses the many buildings Pliny inspired: from the Renaissance estates of the Medici, to papal summer residences near Rome, to Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, and the home of former Canadian prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Equally important to du Prey's study are the many designs by architects past and present that remain on paper. These imaginary restitutions of Pliny's villas, each representative ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
404
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226173009
SKU
V9780226173009
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