Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture (平装)

分类: 图书,进口原版书,Biographies & Memoirs(传记与自传),Arts & Literature(艺术与文学),Artists, Architects & Photographers,
品牌: Ross King
基本信息出版社:Penguin (Non-Classics) (2001年11月1日)平装:194页正文语种:英语ISBN:0142000159条形码:9780142000151产品尺寸及重量:21.3 x 14.7 x 1.5 cm ; 137 gASIN:0142000159
商品描述内容简介Ross King has a knack for explaining complicated processes in a manner that is not only lucid but downright intriguing. . . . Fascinating."(Los Angeles Times)
By all accounts, Filippo Brunelleschi, goldsmith and clockmaker, was an unkempt, cantankerous, and suspicious man-even by the generous standards according to which artists were judged in fifteenth-century Florence. He also designed and erected a dome over the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore-a feat of architectural daring that we continue to marvel at today-thus securing himself a place among the most formidable geniuses of the Renaissance. At first denounced as a madman, Brunelleschi literally reinvented the field of architecture amid plagues, wars, and political feuds to raise seventy million pounds of metal, wood, and marble hundreds of feet in the air. Ross King's captivating narrative brings to life the personalities and intrigue surrounding the twenty-eight-year-long construction of the dome, opening a window onto Florentine life during one of history's most fascinating eras.作者简介Ross King is the author of two novels,Ex LibrisandDomino.
Brunelleschi's Domeis his first book published in the United States.