Renaissance Fortification
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Venetian Renaissance Fortifications In The Mediterranean
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Author : Dragoş Cosmescu
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2015-12-09
Venetian Renaissance Fortifications In The Mediterranean written by Dragoş Cosmescu and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-09 with History categories.
The Renaissance was a revolution of ideas, arts and sciences alike, with Italy at its center. Venice was among the first states to embrace new concepts in fortification, which would dominate military architecture for centuries. In the age of large galley fleets and an expanding Ottoman Empire, the mighty defenses of the Republic of Venice protected faraway territories in the Mediterranean, and some of the largest and best preserved Renaissance fortifications are found on the former Venetian islands. This book illustrates in detail the impressive defenses of Cyprus, Crete and Corfu, their design and their war record. Walled towns and fortresses were constructed to the latest standards of military technology, with walls capable of withstanding the largest armies and the longest sieges, including the longest in history--22 years.
Renaissance Fortification
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Author : John Rigby Hale
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
Renaissance Fortification written by John Rigby Hale and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Architecture, Renaissance categories.
A Renaissance Fortification System
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Author : Roberta Martinelli
language : en
Publisher: Pacini Fazzi
Release Date : 1996
A Renaissance Fortification System written by Roberta Martinelli and has been published by Pacini Fazzi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Architecture categories.
Ramparts
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Author : Marguerita Z. Herman
language : en
Publisher: Avery
Release Date : 1992-01-01
Ramparts written by Marguerita Z. Herman and has been published by Avery this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-01-01 with Defensive (Military science) categories.
I bogen beskrives fæstningsværker og udviklingen af disse fra renæssancen (1500) til Den Nordamerikanske Frihedskrig (1861-67). Vægten i fremstillingen er lagt på anlæg i Europa og Nordamerika.
Form And Fortification
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Author : Morgan Ng
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024-11-05
Form And Fortification written by Morgan Ng and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-11-05 with Architecture categories.
A revelatory exploration of a crucial Renaissance art form--military architecture--and its unexpected connections with contemporary aesthetic, cultural, and technological innovations Urban fortifications were the most colossal artistic achievements of the Italian Renaissance. Celebrated sculptors, painters, and architects such as Michelangelo, Bramante, Leonardo, Francesco Paciotto, and Antonio da Sangallo the Younger collaborated with humanists and military commanders to design citadels and ramparts. Unprecedented in their geometric sophistication, constructional ambition, and physical grandeur, these monuments profoundly transformed the shape and experience of the built environment. Form and Fortification challenges the long-held assumption that military architecture was merely an instrument of warfare, restoring the practice to its central place at the nexus of sixteenth-century creative and cultural endeavors. Through a rich array of drawings, archival manuscripts, early printed sources, treatises, and realized works, this book traces the remarkable exchanges between fortification and other arenas of art, design, and engineering. Charting these cross-disciplinary convergences, Morgan Ng develops the novel concept of "cognate technologies" to describe military and civil structures that coevolved and came to share striking formal affinities. Defensive earthworks bore the same shapes as terraced gardens; subterranean artillery chambers resembled artificial grottoes and hydraulic tunnels; and fortified passageways morphed into palatial galleries. The relationships among such cognate technologies, this book contends, are essential for understanding the interconnected nature of early modern artistic invention.
Renaissance War Studies
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Author : J. R. Hale
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 1983-01-01
Renaissance War Studies written by J. R. Hale and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983-01-01 with History categories.
Beginning with the chapters on warfare in the first three volumes of the New Cambridge Modern History, Sir John Hale's writings on the subject present an original and rich assessment of war's place in Renaissance life and thought. The first section of this collection constitutes a major contribution to the study of Renaissance fortifications, their design, planning and execution, and their political as well as their military significance. The second deals with the recruitment and training of officers and men. In the third, contemporary reactions to war are analysed in a variety of social and intellectual contexts. The archival and literary sources drawn on are primarily Italian, in the second place English, but the imaginative scene is that of western Europe as a whole.
Castrum To Castle
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Author : J. E. Kaufmann
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2018-10-30
Castrum To Castle written by J. E. Kaufmann and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-30 with History categories.
A richly illustrated history of military fortifications in ancient and medieval times. For over a thousand years, from the time of the Roman Empire to the classic period of castle-building in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, fortified sites played a key role in European warfare. This highly illustrated history gives a fascinating insight into their design and development and into the centuries of violence and conflict they were part of. The study traces the evolution of fortifications starting with those of the Romans and their successors. Included are the defenses erected to resist Islamic invasions and Viking raids and the castles built during outbreaks of warfare. As the authors demonstrate, castles and other fortifications were essential factors in military calculations and campaigns. They were of direct strategic and tactical importance wherever there was an attempt to take or hold territory. The factors that influenced their location, layout, and construction are analyzed in this fascinating book, as is the way in which they were adapted to meet the challenges of new tactics and weapons.
Castle To Fortress
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Author : J. E. Kaufmann
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2019-07-30
Castle To Fortress written by J. E. Kaufmann and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-30 with Architecture categories.
The authors of Castrum to Castle trace the “evolution of defensive architecture at the turn of the late Middle Ages and the beginning of the Renaissance.” —Old Barbed Wire Blog Across western Europe, the long tradition of castle-building took on its most sophisticated form in the later Medieval period and then, in response to the development of gunpowder weapons, it underwent a fundamental change—from castle to fortress. This, the second volume of a highly illustrated new study of medieval fortification, gives a fascinating insight into the last great age of castles and the centuries of violence and conflict they were part of. It traces the advances made between the twelfth and the fifteenth centuries, looking in particular at the form these fortifications took in contexts as different as Italy, Wales, France and the Iberian Peninsula. Many would regard this period in the history of castles as the classic age. It was followed by a phase of relative decline as the conditions of warfare changed and castles had to be adapted to cope with cannon. The conventional castle gave way to new styles of fortification. But, as the authors demonstrate, they were still essential factors in military calculations and campaigns—they were of direct strategic and tactical importance wherever there was an attempt to take or hold territory. “A fascinating treatise on the way such buildings were modified to provide protection from growing threats.” —Books Monthly
Jesuits And Fortifications
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Author : Denis De Lucca
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2012-02-17
Jesuits And Fortifications written by Denis De Lucca and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-17 with History categories.
This book sheds light on the role of Jesuit mathematicians in the widespread dissemination of ideas about military architecture in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, by means of teaching, writings and consultancy activities aimed at assisting Catholic leaders in their wars against protestants and infidels.
The Renaissance Fortress Of J Lich
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Author : Conrad Doose
language : en
Publisher: Jos Fischer
Release Date : 1998
The Renaissance Fortress Of J Lich written by Conrad Doose and has been published by Jos Fischer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Architecture categories.