CHARACTER OF
RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE
CHARACTER OF
Renaissance Architecture
BY
CHARLES HERBERT MOORE
AUTHOR OF “DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTER OF
GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE”
_WITH TWELVE PLATES IN PHOTOGRAVURE AND ONE HUNDRED
AND THIRTY-NINE ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT_
New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., Ltd.
1905
_All rights reserved_
Copyright, 1905,
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
Set up and electrotyped. Published October, 1905.
Norwood Press
J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
TO MY DAUGHTER
E. H. M.
PREFACE
In the following attempt to set forth the true character of thearchitecture of the Renaissance I have endeavoured to reducemere descriptions of buildings to a minimum, and to give graphicillustrations enough to make the discussions clear. The illustrationsin the text are mainly from my own drawings, for the most part fromphotographs: but in a few cases I have reproduced woodcuts from theworks of old writers, indicating, in each case, the source from whichthe cut is derived. The photogravure plates are from photographs byAlinari, Moscioni, Naya, Wilson, and Valentine. The right to reproduceand publish them has been obtained by purchase.
With the best intentions and the greatest care, it is almost inevitablethat a writer on such a subject should make some mistakes, and I cannotaffirm that no inexact statements will be found in these pages, but Ibelieve that no fundamental errors occur.
I am again indebted to my almost life-long friend, Professor CharlesEliot Norton, for valuable criticism, and painstaking revision; butProfessor Norton is not responsible for anything that I have said. I amindebted, also, to my publishers for their courteous compliance with mywishes as to the style and manufacture of the book, and to Mrs. GraceWalden for the care and thoroughness with which she has prepared theindex.
Cambridge, Mass.,
October, 1905.
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CONTENTS
| CHAPTER I | |
| Introduction | |
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| Character of the Fine Arts of the Renaissance not hitherto correctly set forth—TheFine Arts always an expression of the conditions and beliefs of apeople—Mediæval Christianity as a source of artistic inspiration—Conditionsthat gave character to the Fine Arts of the Middle Ages—Artisticproductions of the Renaissance qualified by the immoral tendencies of thetime—Luxury and extravagance of Florence at the close of the fifteenthcentury—The Fine Arts made to minister to sensuous pleasure—Bestclassic art unknown in the Renaissance time—Mixed influences actuatingthe artist of the Renaissance—The Renaissance and the Middle Agescompared as to development of the individual—Lack of a ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! | |