Brill's Companion to the Reception of Vitruvius

Ingrid D. Rowland lives in Rome, and teaches at the University of Notre Dame. She has published widely, including a translation of Vitruvius (Cambridge 1999; with Thomas Howe). She won the inaugural Grace Dudley Prize for Arts Writing in 2021.Sinclair W. Bell lives in Chicago. He is the editor of several volumes concerned with the art, architecture, and archaeology of ancient Italy, and previously served as Editor of the Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome.Contributors are: Antonio Becchi, Paul Davies, Victor Deupi, Francesca Fiorani, Rob Godman, Jessica Gritti, Daniel Harris-McCoy, Vaughan Hart, David Hemsoll, David Karmon, omas Noble Howe, Ann C. Huppert, Susan Klaiber, Bernd Kulawik, Lynne Lancaster, Francesco Marcorin, Martin McLaughlin, Werner Oechslin, Michel Paoli, Giovanni Di Pasquale, Alessandro Rovetta, Rabun Taylor, Francesco Paolo Di Teodoro, Wim Verbaal.

"Vitruvius is to architects as Hippocrates is to medical doctors. Yet the Roman author of De architectura, the only work on architecture to have survived from classical antiquity, and father as such of the architectural profession has not always received academic attention commensurate with his standing among architects. The publication of Brills companion to the reception of Vitruvius is a significant corrective and much-anticipated cause for celebration. [...] anyone interested in learning about Vitruvius, or any scholar seeking a single volume of essays by reputable authorities on an impressive range of Vitruvian topics would be wrong not to begin with this unique collection." - Indra Kagis McEwen, in: BMCR, 2024.11.22

• Preface: Vitruvius, Unwitting Hero of Our TimesPaolo CliniAcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsNotes on ContributorsIntroductionIngrid D. Rowland and Sinclair W. BellPart 1: Transmission1 Vitruvius from Manuscript to PrintIngrid RowlandPart 2: Translation2 Raphael and Fabio CalvoFrancesco P. Di Teodoro3 On the Vitruvius of Cesare CesarianoAlessandro Rovetta and Jessica Gritti4 Who Was Vitruvius? a Renaissance DebatePaul Davies and David Hemsoll5 The Medieval VitruviusWim Verbaal6 Alberti and Vitruvius: Reception and Rejection of the Model in De re aedificatoriaMartin McLaughlin7 Verona and VitruviusPaul Davies and David Hemsoll8 Vitruvius in Bramante’s Rome: Recovery, Interpretation, and Use of the Ancient TextAnn C. Huppert9 Vitruvius’ Educational Program in Antiquity and the RenaissanceDaniel E. Harris-McCoy10 Sangallo, Tolomei, and the Program of the Accademia de lo Studio de l’Architettura on Vitruvius and Ancient ArchitectureBernd Kulawik11 Vitruvius and Guarino GuariniSusan Klaiber12 Hermosura and Belleza in Sixteenth-Century Spanish Editions of VitruviusVictor Deupi13 Making Vitruvius Speak English: Vitruvius and English Architecture up to Vitruvius BritannicusVaughan Hart14 Vitruvius in the German-Speaking WorldWerner OechslinPart 4: Practice15 Archaeological Perspectives on VitruviusRabun Taylor16 Vitruvius and Ancient Construction MethodLynne C. Lancaster17 How the opus francigenum Became the “Gothic” StyleMichel Paoli18 Vitruvius and the Early Modern WorksiteDavid Karmon19 Vitruvius and the SangallosFrancesco Marcorin20 Vitruvius and PalladioFrancesco Marcorin21 Vitruvius and the Quarrel of the Ancients and ModernsThomas Noble HowePart 5: Vitruvian Topics22 EcheiaRobert Godman23 Scamilli ImparesThomas Noble Howe24 Vitruvius’ Science of Machines: Tradition or Innovation?Giovanni Di Pasquale25 Vitruvius’ Historiae and the Love of LearningAntonio Becchi26 The Invention of the Vitruvian Man: Vitruvius, Leonardo da Vinci, and BeyondFrancesca FioraniIndex