Hale, J. R.

RENAISSANCE FORTIFICATION: art or engineering?

Pp. 64, illustrated throughout, full page map, notes; small f'cap 4to; tan boards, lettered and ruled in gilt; within slipcase; Thames & Hudson, London, 1977. The Walter Neurath Memorial Lecture 1977. *Presentation copy from the Directors of Thames and Hudson, with slip on upper pastedown. Explores the dual nature of Italian fortress design between 1400 and 1600, concluding that the best military architects of the time were those who mastered both the mechanical reality of gunpowder and the creative principles of geometry and classical design. Item #182399

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