The Renaissance Palace in Florence: Magnificence and Splendour in Fifteenth-Century Italy

摘要

Much of the literature on the Italian Renaissance palace treats the architectural type essentially as a facade. This is understandable, considering that facades are typically the least altered and most accessible parts of a palace, and seemingly the focus of most of the design energy. Palace plans have received some attention, but mostly with regard to their use of Vitru-vian accounts of the ancient Roman house.