Author: Satkowski, Leon
Title: Giorgio Vasari : Architect and Courtier
Description: Princeton, Princeton University Press, (1993). orig. cloth. 29x21cm, (354) pp. 154 pp photoplates. Minor rubbing. VG. dustwrapper. ¶ Contents: The Character & Training of an Architect & a Courtier; Papal Favor: Del Monte Projects in Monte San Savino & Rome; Legitimacy: The Uffizi; Ceremonial and Refuge: The Renovation of the Palazzo Vecchio and the Corridoio; Dominion: State Power & Territorial Architecture: The Church: Religious Architecture in Arrezzo & Florence; Ephemera: Gardens, Temporary Constructions, & the Myth of Medicean Magnificence; Conclusion: Style Criticism & Architecture at Court.

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