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Other| March 01 2016 In This Issue Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (2016) 75 (1): 4. https://doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2016.75.1.4 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation In This Issue. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 1 March 2016; 75 (1): 4. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2016.75.1.4 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentJournal of the Society of Architectural Historians Search In Surveying, Interpreting, and Designing: The Multiple Essence of a Sixteenth-Century Drawing, Lucia Nuti examines Uffizi drawing 7950 A, an unfinished representation of Pisa attributed to Giuliano da Sangallo. First addressing problems of authorship and dating, Nuti analyzes the main features and contents of the drawing, which she concludes cannot be labeled a survey or ground plan, and draws insights regarding a more complex issue, the multiple nature of the artifact. This unique sheet, far from being the visual record of a measured urban space, is a personal record that reflects Giuliano's approach to design as well as the meaning of the process of drawing. At the beginning of the sixteenth century, drawing was developing as a medium for architectural communication, and the borders between surveying, interpreting, and designing were blurred. The Philadelphia architect and master builder Owen Biddle (1774–1806) contributed to the making of some of the early Republic's... You do not currently have access to this content.
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