Abstract
Abstract Vitruvius did more than anyone else to shape thinking about early modern architecture, yet, except specialists, few people are aware of the influence of his writings. As a result, many art historians believe his book was irrelevant to the understanding of both ancient and early modern architecture; others, however, believe that his treatise was profound, even fundamental to the history of the building arts. This chapter seeks to trace the impact of Vitruvius on Renaissance theory to about 1550, when the mutable strands of Vitruvius’ influence became canonized in literary contexts that assumed their own inertia. Renaissance architecture was the product of many impulses, and ideally none should be isolated from the others. This chapter traces one thread of the story that led to the construction of buildings we tend to characterize as Renaissance.
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