It was in fifteenth-century Florence, the city that is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance, that Brunelleschi's buildings and Alberti's treatise established the principles of Italian Renaissance architecture in practice and theory. This classic survey of Quattrocento architecture opens with an analysis of the outstanding achievements of the leading designers of the Early Renaissance -Brunelleschi's dome of Florence Cathedral, Donatello's tabernacle of St Louis of Toulouse on Or San Michele and Michelozzo's Medici Palace. Dukes and doges, popes and merchants, the patrons of buildings come under scrutiny throughout the book. A pioneer in the study of the role of the patron, Heydenreich explores the complex relationship between architect and patron, and the architectural commissions of the great dynasties of the Renaissance. First published in 1974 and unrivalled since, the new edition features many beautiful colour illustrations. The original text is now...

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