Geometrical objects : architecture and the mathematical sciences 1400-1800 /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Proportion and Continuous Variation in Vitruvius's De Architectura -- The Palazzo Del Podestà in Bologna: Precision and Tolerance in a Building all'Antica -- Practical Mathematics in the Drawings of Baldassarre Peruzzi and Antonio da Sangallo the Younger -- Geometric Survey and Urban Design: A Project for the Rome of Paul IV (1555-1559) -- Architecture and Mathematics in Early Modern Religious Orders -- The Master of Painted Architecture: Andrea Pozzo, S.J. and His Treatise on Perspective -- Geometry, Mechanics, and Analysis in Architecture -- Epistemological Obstacles to the Analysis of Structures: Giovanni Bottari's Aversion to a Mathematical Assessment of Saint-Peter's Dome (1743) -- Scientific Concepts of Beauty in Architecture: Vitruvius Meets Descartes, Galileo and Newton -- Breathing Room: Calculating an Architecture of Air -- James 'Athenian' Stuart and the Geometry of Setting Out -- Index.…”
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Pliny the Elder and the emergence of Renaissance architecture / by Fane-Saunders, Peter

Table of Contents: “…In the mind's eye: drawings of Plinian wonders, from Leonardo to Antonio da Sangallo the Younger; 14. From paper to stone: rebuilding Pliny's architectural marvels; Final thoughts: Pliny's influence on the Renaissance understanding of ancient architecture.…”
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Pliny the Elder and the emergence of Renaissance architecture / by Fane-Saunders, Peter

Table of Contents: “…Chapter Twelve Standing before the Marvels: Ciriaco d'Ancona and Pliny's opera mirabilia in terrisChapter Thirteen In the Mind's Eye: Drawings of Plinian Wonders, from Leonardo to Antonio da Sangallo the Younger; Chapter Fourteen From Paper to Stone: Rebuilding Pliny's Architectural Marvels; Final Thoughts: Pliny's Influence on the Renaissance Understanding of Ancient Architecture; Appendix I Editions of the Naturalis historia Printed in Italy during the Fifteenth Century ; Appendix II Editions of De Architectura Printed In Italy During The Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries ; Notes.…”
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