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Daniel McReynolds, Palladio's Legacy. Architectural Polemics in Eighteenth-Century Venice, Venezia, Marsilio Editori, 2011pp. 272 con 35 ill. a col. e 95 b/n, formato 20x25, brossura con alette
PROLOGUE
REBUILDING THE BRIDGE OF BASSANO: REASON AND TRADITION
Introduction
Palladio’s Bridges in Eighteenth Century
Rebuilding the Bridge
The Eruption of the Polemic
Defending Ferracina
The Problem of Authorship
Temanza’s Riposte
Reinterpreting the Bridge of Bassano
Assessing Relevance
RESTORING THE TEATRO OLIMPICO: PALLADIO’S CONTESTED LEGACY
Introduction
Palladio’s Teatro Olimpico and the Problem of Authorship
A Divided Academy
Refiguring the Palladian Legacy
Expanding the Debate
Reforming the Modern Theater and the Teatro Filarmonico of Verona
The Teatro Olimpico and the Universality of Form
PERFECTING PALLADIO: HARMONIC PROPORTION AND ARCHITECTURAL REFORM IN THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT
Introduction
Palladio and the Problem of Proportion
La Scuola Riccatiana and the Rationalization of the Palladian Legacy
The Invention of Harmonic Proportion
Galileo’s Pendulum
Correcting Palladio
Defending Palladio
REDEEMING THE REDENTORE: THEORY, PRACTICE, AND THE PALLADIAN IDEAL
Introduction
A Changing Design
Temanza’s Rebuttal
Harmonic Proportion and the Quarrel of Innate Ideas
Theory and Practice
The Frontispiece of S. Maria Maddalena
Temanza’s Riposte
The Palladian Ideal Open Questions
EPILOGUE: PALLADIO’S GHOST
Appendices
Bibliography
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