Readings
Defining Humanism, Excerpts from Abbot Suger and Pico da Mirandola
Vitruvian Principles, Excerpts from The Ten Books on Architecture
Alberti on Architecture, Excerpts from On the Art of Building
Hart and Hicks, Paper Palaces: The Rise of the Renaissance Architectural Treatise, 1-7
Burroughs, The Italian Renaissance Palace Facade, 102-7
Lindow, The Renaissance Palace Facade, "Going Beyond the Palace Facade."
Palladio's Four Books, Excerpts from The Four Books on Architecture
Imagery and the Reformation: Decrees from the Council of Trent
Absolute Monarchy and the Arts, Excerpts from Bossuet's Work on Kingship
Architecture and the Royal Academies, Establishment of the French Academy, 1635
Eighteenth Century Design Values: Blondel on the Saint-Sulpice Facade Competition