THE CENTRALLY PLANNED CHURCH AND THE RENAISSANCE. Alberti's Programme of
the Ideal Church. Centralized Churches in Later Architectural Theory.
Building Practice: S Maria delle Carceri. Bramante and Palladio. The
Religious Symbolism of Centrally Planned Churches. ALBERTI'S APPROACH TO
ANTIQUITY IN ARCHITECTURE. The Column in Alberti's Theory and Practice. S.
Francesco at Rimini. S. Maria Novella. S. Sebastiano and S. Andrea at
Mantua. The Change in Alberti's Interpretation of Classical Architecture.
PRINCIPLES OF PALLADIO'S ARCHITECTURE. The Architect as 'uomo universale':
Palladio, Trissino and Barbaro. Palladio's Geometry: The Villas. Palladio
and Classical Architecture: Palaces and Public Buildings. The Genesis of an
Idea: Palladio's Church Façades. Palladio's Optical and Psychological
Concepts: II Redentore. THE PROBLEM OF HARMONIC PROPORTION IN ARCHITECTURE.
Francesco Giorgi's Platonic Programme for S. Francesco della Vigna. The
Mean Proportionals and Architecture. Alberti's Generation of Ratios.
Musical Consonances and the Visual Arts. Palladio's 'fugal' System of
Proportion. Palladio's Ratios and the Development of Sixteenth-Century
Musical Theory. The Break-away from the Laws of Harmonic Porportion
Architecture. Appendices. Index.