The Villas of Pliny from Antiquity to Posterity

Pierre de la Ruffiniere du Prey

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University of Chicago Press
15 January 1995

History of Art & Design Styles; Palaces, chateaux, country houses

Series: Emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith

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.

By: 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 , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , 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.

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The Villas of Pliny from Antiquity to Posterity

Pierre de la Ruffiniere du Prey

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