ISBN: 9780801823428 - building of renaissance florence: an economic and social history (18 resultados)

Hardback. Condición: Good.

Hardback. Condición: Good.

Condición: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Condición: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. Book in Fair condition.

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. VERY GOOD in very good dust jacket. No marks in text. Binding is tight and square. DJ has small tear and light wear. TABLE OF CONTENTS: * INTRODUCTION: The Buildings of Renaissance Florence ---- * PART I: Demand: The Patrons: 1.) The Wherewithal to Spend: The Economic Background -- 1.) The Reasons For Building: Needs and Taste ------ * PART II: Supply: The Construction Industry: 1.) Organization of Work -- 1.) Production of Materials -- 1.) The Guild -- 1.) Labor -- 1.) The Architect ------- * CONCLUSION: 8.) The Results: Art and Architecture as Investment ------ * APPENDICES: 1.) Value of the Florin, 1252 - 1533 -- 2.) List of Statutes of Building-Craft Guilds in Italian Cities -- 3.) Workers? Wages: Data and Sources -- 4.) Price of Meat, 1491 - 1501 -- 5.) Toward a Checklist of Early illustrations of Workers in the Construction Industry -- * INDEX. . . . . Awarded the Howard R. Marraro Prize by the American Historical Association. . . . . *Always fascinating. The reader will get from Goldthwaite's book on the economics of architecture a more lively and more authentic impression of life in Renaissance Florence than from many more general descriptions of Florentine culture.* -- Felix Gilbert, New York Review of Books.…

Condición: good. This book is in Good condition. There may be some notes and highligting but otherwise the book is in overall good condition.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Second printing of first edition.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. Front and back jacket has tears. Slight edge wear. Slight staining on back jacket. Writing on the right-hand side of the first page. Pictures included in book.

Condición: Acceptable. Used - Acceptable. Ex-library with wear - may contain significant amounts of highlighting and underlining in pen or pencil. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.…

Condición: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pen & pencil markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1000grams, ISBN:0801823420.…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN 0801823420. 459 pages, with appendices and index. A Very Good hardcover with dust jacket, with a small closed tear at the top and the bottom of the front panel. No markings inside or out, and binding is tight and square. From the inner flap: "Picture the city of Florence in the fifteenth century - its great cathedral, with the Brunelleschi dome and baptistry with the Ghiberti doors, its Palazzo dei Priori, the prototype of the patrician palace, its monumental grain market, the Orsanmichele, its many public buildings, churches, chapels, and homes embellished with sculpture, pictures, and other works of art. "To study the buildings of Florence,? writes historian Richard Goldthwaite, "is to learn much of the city's economic, social, and cultural foundations." Thus, by examining the microcosm of a single, vital industry - construction ? Goldthwaite develops a total picture of Florentine society. It was, says Goldthwaite, a city shaped by the forces of supply and demand. The accumulation of wealth in the hands of an unusually high number of Florentines, coupled with a growing awareness of architecture ? be it a civic monument, chapel, or private home ? as a statement of that wealth, created the demand. A construction industry composed of artisans and possessing a remarkable variety of skills grew to meet the demand for buildings and all their attendant furnishings. The interaction of these two forces, Goldthwaite shows, transformed forever the city of Florence and the lives of its citizens.".…

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hardcover. Condición: Very Good. VG+/VG+. Minimal wear. Dust jacket is in a brand new Brodart clear protective sleeve. Interior is pristine. No writing or markings of any kind. Photo is of the actual book you will receive. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed securely in a box.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Book measures 24x16cm, 459pp. Bound in original publishers cloth, with gilt title lettering. Binding in near fine condition. Dust jacket lightly rubbed. Jacket in very good clean condition. Internally, pages clean, near fine. A very good clean copy.…

hardcover. Condición: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

hardcover. Condición: new.

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