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Daniele Barbaro and the University of PadovaPaduan Aristotelianism and Daniele Barbaro’s Commentary on Vitruvius

Daniele Barbaro and the University of Padova: Paduan Aristotelianism and Daniele Barbaro’s... [Daniele Barbaro’s 1556 commentary on Vitruvius (second edition 1567) is generally regarded as the highest achievement of Renaissance efforts to understand and interpret the work of the Roman architectural theorist. Because of Andrea Palladio’s participation in its writing, architectural historians have devoted much attention to it in recent decades. However, the philosophical influences underlying Barbaro’s arguments have been little studied so far, even though Barbaro himself was the author of a number of philosophical works. This study analyses ways in which Barbaro’s Aristotelian worldview and his Paduan education contributed to his positions on a number of important issues in architectural theory, such as perception, optical corrections, imitation, meaning, and the formulation of the Canon of the classical orders.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Daniele Barbaro and the University of PadovaPaduan Aristotelianism and Daniele Barbaro’s Commentary on Vitruvius

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Editors: Monteleone, Cosimo; Williams, Kim
Mitrović, Branko
Daniele Barbaro and the University of Padova — May 31, 2023
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Springer Nature Switzerland
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
ISBN
978-3-031-29482-2
Pages
191 –213
DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-29483-9_9
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Abstract

[Daniele Barbaro’s 1556 commentary on Vitruvius (second edition 1567) is generally regarded as the highest achievement of Renaissance efforts to understand and interpret the work of the Roman architectural theorist. Because of Andrea Palladio’s participation in its writing, architectural historians have devoted much attention to it in recent decades. However, the philosophical influences underlying Barbaro’s arguments have been little studied so far, even though Barbaro himself was the author of a number of philosophical works. This study analyses ways in which Barbaro’s Aristotelian worldview and his Paduan education contributed to his positions on a number of important issues in architectural theory, such as perception, optical corrections, imitation, meaning, and the formulation of the Canon of the classical orders.]

Published: May 31, 2023

Keywords: Daniele Barbaro; Aristotelianism; University of Padua; Renaissance philosophy; Architectural proportion

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