Contents
Acknowledgements
Glossary
Introduction
Chapter 1 The Voluptuous Pleasure of Building
Chapter 2 The House of God
Chapter 3 Theories and Practices: The Case of St Peter’s, Rome
Chapter 4 The Architecture of Ascendancy: Buildings and Power
Chapter 5 Corporate Identity
Chapter 6 Shaping the Renaissance City
Chapter 7 Architecture in the Natural World
Chapter 8 Distant Shores
Notes
Timeline
Further Reading
List of Illustrations
Index