Leon Battista Alberti's Hypnerotomachia Poliphili: Re-Cognizing the Architectural Body in the Early Italian Renaissance

by Liane Lefaivre

Book Overview

A critical-theoretical reading of the strange, dreamlike work of Leon Battista Alberti.The enigmatic, polyglot Hypnerotomachia Poliphili--the inspiration for the bestselling novel The Rule of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262122049
• ISBN13: 9780262122047
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.4" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher