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 of its own epoch, trace in microcosm the evolution of the classical tradition in domestic architecture. In analyzing each project, du Prey illuminates the work of such great masters as Michelozzo, Raphael, Palladio, and Schinkel, as well as such well-known modern architects as Léon Krier, Jean-Pierre Adam, and Thomas Gordon Smith.
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Pierre de la Ruffiniere du Prey Imprint: University of Chicago Press Country of Publication: United States Edition: 2nd ed. Dimensions:
Height: 24mm,
Width: 22mm,
Spine: 3mm
Weight: 1.276kg ISBN:9780226173009 ISBN 10: 0226173003 Series:Emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith Pages: 404 Publication Date:15 January 1995 Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
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A / AS level
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Further / Higher Education
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Pierre de la Ruffinière du Prey is a professor in the Department of Art at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. He is the author of several books, most recently The Villas of Pliny from Antiquity to Posterity.