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Book/Printed Material Treatise on Architectural Design. Trattato di arte edificatoria

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Title

  • Treatise on Architectural Design.

Other Title

  • Trattato di arte edificatoria

Summary

  • A rare survival from the 16th century, this working notebook of the Italian architect and sculptor Bartolomeo Ammannati (1511--92) contains designs for and textual descriptions of fortifications, systems of measurement, preparatory drawings for busts and other sculptures, and a lengthy text on the elements of architectural expression. Ammannati trained with Baccio Bandinelli in Florence and had commissions in Venice, Padua, Urbino, Naples and Rome, in addition to the work he did for Grand-Duke of Tuscany Cosimo I de' Medici (1519--74) in his hometown of Florence. The 114 folio leaves of the notebook are filled with sketches, half-completed ornamental designs, compositions for sculptures, and architectural renderings of facades, doorways, and window treatments. Among the noteworthy items in the notebook are drawings of the fireplace for the great room of Leo X in the Palazzo Vecchio and a design for the bust of Cosimo I. The texts are in Italian, written in a clear hand.

Names

  • Ammannati, Bartolomeo, 1511-1592 Author.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1511 to 1592]

Headings

  • -  Italy
  • -  1511 to 1592
  • -  Architectural decorations and ornaments
  • -  Forts and fortifications
  • -  Sculpture

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 114 folios ; 247 x 183 millimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Riccardiana Library of Florence.
  • -  Content in Italian.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667872

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Ammannati, Bartolomeo, Author. Treatise on Architectural Design. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1592, 1511] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667872/.

APA citation style:

Ammannati, B. (1511) Treatise on Architectural Design. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1592] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667872/.

MLA citation style:

Ammannati, Bartolomeo, Author. Treatise on Architectural Design. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1592, 1511] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667872/>.