An illuminating reassessment of the architect whose innovative drawings of ruins shaped the enduring image of ancient Rome
Giuliano da Sangallo (1443-1516) was one of the first architects to draw the ruins and artifacts of ancient Rome in a systematic way. Cammy Brothers shows how Giuliano played a crucial role in the Renaissance recovery of antiquity, and how his work transformed the broken fragments of Rome''s past into the image of a city made whole.
Drawing new insights from the Codex Barberini and the Taccuino Senese-two exquisite collections of Giuliano''s drawings on parchment-Brothers reveals how the Florentine architect devoted enormous energy to the representation of ruins, and how his studies of Rome formed an integral part of his work as a designer. She argues that Giuliano''s inventive approach, which has often been mischaracterized as fantastical or naive, infused the architect''s craft with the sensibilities of a poet and painter. Brothers
