| Preface |
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ix | (2) |
| Acknowledgements |
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xi | (2) |
| Author's Note |
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| ON ALBERTI |
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2 Rome Revealed and Re-presented |
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3 Architect and Visionary |
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25 | (6) |
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4 Self-portraiture and Alberti's Eye for the Future |
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31 | (8) |
| ON THE ART OF BUILDING |
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39 | (162) |
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5 Beauty in Art and Building |
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39 | (10) |
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39 | (1) |
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Bodily Representations in Art and Architecture |
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Body Measures for Buildings |
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40 | (1) |
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Architecture and the Body Analogy |
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41 | (2) |
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Beauty through concinnitas |
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43 | (1) |
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Redefining concinnitas: through numerus, finitio and collocatio |
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44 | (2) |
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46 | (2) |
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48 | (1) |
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6 Sigismondo Malatesta and the Tempio Malatestiano in Rimini |
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49 | (30) |
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The Malatesta Dynasty and the Church of San Francesco in Rimini |
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49 | (2) |
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From Church to Temple: Transforming San Francesco into the Tempio Malatestiano |
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51 | (8) |
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Correspondence Describing Aspects of Alberti's Design for the Tempio Malatestiano |
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59 | (9) |
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Reconstructing the Rotunda at the East End of the Tempio Malatestiano |
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68 | (5) |
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Theory into Practice: the Proportions of the Tempio Malatestiano and `tutta quella musica' |
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73 | (6) |
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7 Giovanni Ruccllai and his Architectural Ensemble in Florence |
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79 | (46) |
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79 | (2) |
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The Facade of Palazzo Rucellai |
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81 | (8) |
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Architecture in Perspective |
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89 | (2) |
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Precedents for the Palazzo Rucellai Facade |
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91 | (3) |
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Palazzi Piccolomini and Rucellai Compared |
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94 | (1) |
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Palazzo Rucellai Extended |
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95 | (4) |
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The Facade of Santa Maria Novella |
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99 | (7) |
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The Rucellai Sepulchre in San Pancrazio |
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106 | (13) |
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119 | (6) |
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8 Ludovico Gonzaga and Alberti in Mantua and Florence |
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125 | (64) |
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125 | (2) |
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A Building History of San Sebastiano in Mantua |
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127 | (15) |
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The Almost Perfect Proportions of San Sebastiano |
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142 | (5) |
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The Tribune of the Santissima Annunziata in Florence |
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147 | (12) |
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A Building History of Sant' Andrea in Mantua |
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159 | (10) |
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Alberti's Interpretation of the Etruscan Temple for Sant' Andrea |
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169 | (7) |
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Designing Sant' Andrea as an Etruscan Temple |
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176 | (3) |
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The Facade of Sant' Andrea as `Triumph' |
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179 | (10) |
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9 Federico da Montefeltro of Urbino and Alberti's Design for a Bath Building |
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189 | (12) |
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189 | (1) |
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190 | (2) |
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192 | (2) |
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A Design for a Bath Building attributed to Alberti |
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194 | (7) |
| The Art of Building in Practice |
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201 | (3) |
| Appendix |
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204 | (3) |
| Notes |
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207 | (44) |
| Alberti's Writings |
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251 | (2) |
| Bibliography |
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253 | (20) |
| Index |
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