Renaissance Architecture: Theories and Histories

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Seminar on the theory and history of Renaissance architecture in Italy and Europe. Focuses on the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries but covers a wider chronological span (1300-1700) in order to frame notions of Renaissance with regard to categories such as Gothic, Baroque, and Classical. Readings include theoretical and/or historical works foundational to the field and subfield—such as Vasari's Lives (1568), Burckhardt's Architecture of the Italian Renaissance (1878), and Wo¨lfflin's Renaissance and Baroque (1888)—as well as modern classics such as Wittkower's Architectural Principles (1949), Carpo's Architecture in the Age of Printing (2001), and Tafuri's Princes, Cities, Architects (1992).