The Proto-Industrial Architecture of the Veneto: In the Age of Palladio

ISBN: 9788833671819 Categorii: Diverse, Diverse. An apariție: 2022 Editură: Officina Libraria Tip copertă: Paperback Număr pagini: 288 Stoc: La comandă

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  • An exploration of the neglected architectural legacy of the boom in manufacturing in the Veneto in the Renaissance
  • Only a few pre-industrial manufacturing buildings survive to this day: here they are photographed, often for the first time


The remarkable career of the architect Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) is largely due to an extraordinary moment of prosperity in the Veneto mainland, both in the city and in the countryside: a boom due in large measure to a little-studied revolution in manufacturing.

This book brings to light for the first time the architecture of these early industries, especially the production of textiles (wool, silk), mining and metalworking, paper manufacture, ceramics, sawmilling and leather-tanning.

The huge surge in patent applications to the Venetian Senate in the period highlights the parallel technological improvements in both efficiency and quality. Former proto-industrial buildings across the Veneto, studied at first-hand, reveal the efficiency of hydraulic power and smooth-running mechanical processes.

Water-power, a clean, renewable energy source, and structures made of natural, traditional materials, have much to teach today’s civilisation.

Limba
Engleza
Data Publicarii
2022
Editura
Officina Libraria
Latime
20
Inaltime
25
Tip Coperta
Paperback
Nr Pag
288
Bic
ACND
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