Description: A revelatory exploration of a crucial Renaissance art form--military architecture--and its unexpected connections with contemporary aesthetic, cultural, and technological innovations
Review Quotes: "An elaborate and scholarly presentation. . . . The extensive notes and bibliography should be of considerable interest to any scholar concerned with Renaissance architecture and architects."--E. James Davis, AAG Review of Books
"Based on impeccable research and beautifully written, Ng's Form and Fortification is an exceptionally imaginative, groundbreaking study that radically unsettles current scholarship on the history of Renaissance fortifications. It is always enlightening, often brilliant, and dazzling in its scope."--Deborah Howard, University of Cambridge "With a pleasurable writing style, Ng gives us a serious and well-researched book that looks at Renaissance military architecture in new and original ways."--Nicholas Adams, Vassar College