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1 Mallgrave / Architectural 1405102578_1_pretoc Final Proof page i 10:18pm Architectural Theory Mallgrave / Architectural 1405102578_1_pretoc Final Proof page ii 10:18pm Architectural Theory . Volume I. An Anthology from Vitruvius to 1870. Edited by Harry Francis Mallgrave Mallgrave / Architectural 1405102578_1_pretoc Final Proof page iv 10:18pm Editorial material and organization 2006 by Harry Francis Mallgrave BLACKWELL PUBLISHING. 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148-5020, USA. 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford OX4 2DQ, UK. 550 Swanston Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia The right of Harry Francis Mallgrave to be identified as the Author of the Editorial Material in this Work has been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act 1988.
2 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, except as permitted by the UK Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act 1988, without the prior permission of the publisher. First published 2006 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd 1 2006. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Architectural Theory , volume I: an anthology from Vitruvius to 1870 /. edited by Harry Francis Mallgrave. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-0257-5 (hard cover : alk. paper).
3 ISBN-10: 1-4051-0257-8 (hard cover : alk. paper). ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-0258-2 (pbk. : alk. paper). ISBN-10: 1-4051-0258-6 (pbk. : alk. paper). 1. Architecture Philosophy. I. Mallgrave, Harry Francis. 2005. 720'.1 dc22. 2004030886. A catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library. Set in 10/13pt Dante by SPI Publisher Services, Pondicherry, India Printed and bound in the United Kingdom by TJ International Ltd, Padstow, Cornwall The publisher's policy is to use permanent paper from mills that operate a sustainable forestry policy, and which has been manufactured from pulp processed using acid-free and elementary chlorine-free practices.
4 Furthermore, the publisher ensures that the text paper and cover board used have met acceptable environmental accreditation standards. For further information on Blackwell Publishing, visit our website: Mallgrave / Architectural 1405102578_2_toc Final Proof page v 9:31am CONTENTS. Preface xxi General introduction xxiii Part I: Classicism and the Renaissance 1. A. The Classical and Medieval Traditions 3. introduction 3. 1. Vitruvius 5. from On Architecture, Book 1 ( BC). 2. Vitruvius 9. from On Architecture, Book 2 ( BC). 3. Vitruvius 11. from On Architecture, Book 3 ( BC). 4. Vitruvius 12. from On Architecture, Book 4 ( BC). 5. Old Testament 15.
5 From I Kings 6. Old Testament 18. from The Book of Ezekiel ( BC). 7. New Testament 20. from The Revelation of Jesus Christ to Saint John ( AD). 8. Abbot Suger 22. from The Book of Suger, Abbot of Saint-Denis ( ). Mallgrave / Architectural 1405102578_2_toc Final Proof page vi 9:31am 9. William Durandus 24. from The Symbolism of Churches and Church Ornaments (1286). B. Renaissance and Baroque Ideals 26. introduction 26. 10. Antonio di Tuccio Manetti 28. from The Life of Brunelleschi (1480s). 11. Leon Battista Alberti 30. from On the Art of Building, Prologue and Book I (1443 52). 12. Leon Battista Alberti 32. from On the Art of Building, Book 6 (1443 52).
6 13. Leon Battista Alberti 34. from On the Art of Building, Book 9 (1443 52). 14. Il Filarete 36. from Book 1 of his untitled treatise on architecture (1461 3). 15. Il Filarete 39. from Book 8 of his untitled treatise on architecture 16. Sebastiano Serlio 42. from Book 3, The Complete Works on Architecture and Perspective (1540). 17. Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola 44. from Preface to Rules of the Five Orders of Architecture (1562). 18. Palladio 46. from The Four Books of Architecture (1570). 19. Juan Bautista Villalpando 48. from Ezekiel Commentaries (1604). 20. Georgio Vasari 50. from Preface to Lives of the Most Eminent Italian Architects, Painters, and Sculptors (1550, 1568).
7 21. Georgio Vasari 53. from Life of Michelangelo'' in Lives of the Most Eminent Italian Architects, Painters, and Sculptors (1550, 1568). 22. Peter Paul Rubens 55. from Preface to Palaces of Genoa (1622). VI C ON T EN T S. Mallgrave / Architectural 1405102578_2_toc Final Proof page vii 9:31am Part II: Classicism in France and Britain 57. A. French Classicism: Ancients and Moderns 59. introduction 59. 23. Rene Descartes 61. from Rules for the Direction of the Mind (1628). 24. Roland Fre art de Chambray 62. from Preface to A Parallel of the Ancient Architecture with the Modern (1650). 25. Paul Fre art de Chantelou 65. from Diary of the Cavaliere Bernini's Visit to France (1665).
8 26. Franc ois Blondel 70. from Inaugural Lecture to the Academy of Architecture'' (1671). 27. Franc ois Blondel, 72. from Architecture Course (1675). 28. Rene Ouvrard 72. from Harmonic Architecture (1677). 29. Claude Perrault 74. annotations to French translation of The Ten Books of Architecture of Vitruvius (1673). 30. Franc ois Blondel 76. from Architecture Course, Vol. II (1683). 31. Claude Perrault 77. from The Ten Books of Architecture of Vitruvius, second edition (1684). 32. Claude Perrault 78. from Ordonnance for the Five Kinds of Columns After the Method of the Ancients (1683). 33. Jean-Franc ois Fe libien 81. from Preface to Historical Survey of the Life and Works of the Most Celebrated Architects (1687).
9 34. Charles Perrault 82. from Preface to Parallel of the Ancients and Moderns with Regard to the Arts and Sciences (1688). 35. Charles Perrault 83. from Design of a Portal for the Church of Sainte-Genevie ve in Paris'' (1697). 36. Michel de Fre min 84. from Critical Memoirs on Architecture (1702). CO N TE N TS VII. Mallgrave / Architectural 1405102578_2_toc Final Proof page viii 9:31am 37. Jean-Louis de Cordemoy 86. from New Treatise on All Architecture or the Art of Building (1706, 1714). B. British Classicism and Palladianism 88. introduction 88. 38. Henry Wotton 89. from The Elements of Architecture (1624). 39. Christopher Wren 91. from Tract I on architecture (mid-1670s).
10 40. Christopher Wren 93. from Tracts II and IV on architecture (mid-1670s). 41. Anthony Ashley Cooper, Third Earl of Shaftesbury 94. from Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times (1711). 42. Anthony Ashley Cooper, Third Earl of Shaftesbury 98. from A Letter Concerning Design'' (1712). 43. Colin Campbell 101. introduction to Vitruvius Britannicus, Vol. I (1715). 44. Nicholas Du Bois 103. Translator's Preface to The Architecture of A. Palladio (1715). 45. William Kent 106. Advertisement'' to The Designs of Inigo Jones (1727). 46. James Gibbs 107. introduction to A Book of Architecture (1728). 47. Robert Morris 109. from An Essay in Defence of Ancient Architecture (1728).
