Description: The contributors to this book are among those at the forefront of the emergence of new critical perspectives and new technologies. Several of the essays present dramatic reinterpretations of canonical monuments; consider broader methodological issues such as the applications of geometry, workshop practice, and the shaping of historical narratives; and others demonstrate how high-tech scanning and visualization methods can enhance our understanding of construction methods and the behavior of buildings.
Review Quotes: '... a fascinating collection covering such an array of approaches that it is bound to appeal to a wide range of interests in architectural history. It challenges in very productive ways our assumptions about architectural history, provoking further research questions for the study of buildings.' Parergon '... this new AVISTA book is one of the most fruitful and challenging publications on the subject in the last decade...' Canadian Journal of History