It is impossible to grasp the significance of architectural masterpieces built throughout history without first understanding what it meant to "be an architect" in each era and how that profession was practiced.
The use of copied drawings, the role of treatises in the transmission of knowledge, the significance of the centralized plan, and the importance of mathematics and geometry in the daily work of early modern architects are among the concepts explored in this volume. These topics provide insight into the historical and social context of a period that was pivotal to the evolution of architecture.
Texts by: Guido Cimadomo, Amanda Wunder, Giulia Ceriani Sebregondi, Elizabeth Merrill, José Ramón Hernández Correa, José María Cabeza Láinez, and Rodrigo Almonacid Canseco.
