The Villas of Pliny from Antiquity to Posterity
Title | The Villas of Pliny from Antiquity to Posterity PDF eBook |
Author | Pierre de la Ruffinière du Prey |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 444 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9780226173009 |
Pierre de la Ruffinière du Prey traces the influence of Pliny the Younger as a continuous theme throughout the history of architecture. First he looks at what Pliny considered to be the essential qualities of a villa. He then discusses the many buildings Pliny inspired: from the Renaissance estates of the Medici, to papal summer residences near Rome, to Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, and the home of former Canadian prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Equally important to du Prey's study are the many designs by architects past and present that remain on paper. These imaginary restitutions of Pliny's villas, each representative of its own epoch, trace in microcosm the evolution of the classical tradition in domestic architecture. In analyzing each project, du Prey illuminates the work of such great masters as Michelozzo, Raphael, Palladio, and Schinkel, as well as such well-known modern architects as Léon Krier, Jean-Pierre Adam, and Thomas Gordon Smith.
The Villas of Pliny the Younger
Title | The Villas of Pliny the Younger PDF eBook |
Author | Helen Henrietta Tanzer |
Publisher | |
Pages | 184 |
Release | 1924 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN |
Examines Pliny's Villas to focus on the homes of the Romans and present a complete chapter in the history of the habitations of man.
The Villas of Pliny
Title | The Villas of Pliny PDF eBook |
Author | Geoffrey Bret Harte |
Publisher | |
Pages | 102 |
Release | 1928 |
Genre | Architecture, Domestic |
ISBN |
The Villas of Pliny the Younger, by Helen H. Tanzer,... With a Foreword by James C. Egbert,...
Title | The Villas of Pliny the Younger, by Helen H. Tanzer,... With a Foreword by James C. Egbert,... PDF eBook |
Author | Helen Henrietta Tanzer |
Publisher | |
Pages | 152 |
Release | 1924 |
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The Villas of Pliny
Title | The Villas of Pliny PDF eBook |
Author | Geoffrey Bret Harte |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1933 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Villas of Pliny the Younger, Etc. [With a Bibliography.].
Title | The Villas of Pliny the Younger, Etc. [With a Bibliography.]. PDF eBook |
Author | Helen Henrietta TANZER |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1924 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Reading the Letters of Pliny the Younger
Title | Reading the Letters of Pliny the Younger PDF eBook |
Author | Roy K. Gibson |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 363 |
Release | 2012-03-22 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 110737703X |
This is the first general introduction to Pliny's Letters published in any language, combining close readings with broader context and adopting a fresh and innovative approach to reading the letters as an artistically structured collection. Chapter 1 traces Pliny's autobiographical narrative throughout the Letters; Chapter 2 undertakes detailed study of Book 6 as an artistic entity; while Chapter 3 sets Pliny's letters within a Roman epistolographical tradition dominated by Cicero and Seneca. Chapters 4 to 7 study thematic letter cycles within the collection, including those on Pliny's famous country villas and his relationships with Pliny the Elder and Tacitus. The final chapter focuses on the 'grand design' which unifies and structures the collection. Four detailed appendices give invaluable historical and scholarly context, including a helpful timeline for Pliny's life and career, detailed bibliographical help on over 30 popular topics in Pliny's letters and a summary of the main characters mentioned in the Letters.