Giorgio Vasari : architect and courtier / Leon Satkowski ; with photographs by Ralph Lieberman

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: xxiv, 176 pages, [154] pages of plates : llustrations ; 29 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-168) and index. Contents: The character and Training of an Architect and a Courtier -- Papal Favor: Del Monte Projects in Monte San Savino and Rome -- Legitimacy: The Uffizi -- Ceremonial and Refuge: The Renovation of the Palazzo Vecchio and the Corridoio -- Dominion: State Power and Territorial Architecture -- The Church: Religious Architecture in Arezzo and Florence -- Ephemera: Gardens, Temporary Constructions, and the Myth of Medicean Magnificence -- Conclusion: Style, Criticism, and Architecture at Court. Subjects: Vasari, Giorgio 1511-1574 Criticism and interpretation. Architecture, Renaissance Italy. Architects and patrons Italy. Architecture de la Renaissance Italie. Architectes et m�c�nes Italie.