Christine Smith teaches the history of medieval and Renaissance architecture at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design where she holds the Robert C. and Marion K. Weinberg Chair of Architectural History.
Introduction to the author : "a most learned man, a man of the highest modesty and prudence, a man who deserves our affection"
p. 3
Manetti and the art of persuasion
p. 11
The consecration of Florence Cathedral
p. 31
Manetti's life of Nicholas V
p. 51
What do Athens and Jerusalem have to do with Rome? : the library of Nicholas V
p. 91
Manetti's world through his words
p. 119
The Vatican Palace
p. 151
Praise and blame for Nicholas's patronage : Leon Battista Alberti and Giannozzo Manetti
p. 191
Magnificence or tyranny?
p. 225
"That admirable and truly magnanimous and most reverent plan for the apostolic temple"
p. 291
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