Manfredo Tafuri's 1966 book l'architettura del Manerismo nel Cinquecento europeo is an early and oft-overlooked instance of his decades-long inquiry into the architectural history of early modern Italy. Read today, it comes across as both an imperfect attempt at a scientific treatment of his subject and an engaged plea for a new orientation in the historiography of architecture. Leach presentsa brief guide to this book, acknowledging its relationship with more widely read works on the problem of doing history in the architectural culture of the nineteen-sixties and making the case for its importance for contemporary reflections on the relationship between architecture's past and present.

Author: Andrew Leach
Editor: Reto Geiser 
Year: 2017
Pages: 64
Dimensions: 5.8 x 4.3 in. 
Cover: Softcover
ISBN: 978-3952487204
Language: English