Emulating Antiquity

Renaissance Buildings from Brunelleschi to Michelangelo

David Hemsoll

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Yale University Press
26 November 2019

Renaissance art; Architecture; History of architecture

A revelatory account of the complex and evolving relationship of Renaissance architects to classical antiquity

Focusing on the work of architects such as Brunelleschi, Bramante, Raphael, and Michelangelo, this extensively illustrated volume explores how the understanding of the antique changed over the course of the Renaissance. David Hemsoll reveals the ways in which significant differences in imitative strategy distinguished the period’s leading architects from each other and argues for a more nuanced understanding of the widely accepted trope—first articulated by Giorgio Vasari in the 16th century—that Renaissance architecture evolved through a linear step-by-step assimilation of antiquity. Offering an in-depth examination of the complex, sometimes contradictory, and often contentious ways that Renaissance architects approached the antique, this meticulously researched study brings to life a cacophony of voices and opinions that have been lost in the simplified Vasarian narrative and presents a fresh and comprehensive account of Renaissance architecture in both Florence and Rome.

By: David Hemsoll
Imprint: Yale University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 3mm
Weight: 1.247kg
ISBN: 9780300225761
ISBN 10: 0300225768
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 26 November 2019
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

David Hemsoll is senior lecturer in the Department of Art History, Curating, and Visual Studies at the University of Birmingham.

Reviews for Emulating Antiquity: Renaissance Buildings from Brunelleschi to Michelangelo

A series of publications by the author has prepared the ground for the arguments put forward in this generously illustrated book...The book gives the impression that it is founded on long experience in teaching the history of Italian Renaissance architecture. -Sabine Frommel, The Burlington Magazine This is a masterly work of architectural criticism, based on intensive first-hand study of the buildings and underpinned by deep scholarship and voracious exploration of the sources of inspiration. -Deborah Howard, The Classical Review