ABSTRACT
This chapter examinines examples of Renaissance comments and drawings which touch on it. In UA 631r the concentration on the fine sculpting of the intricate capital suggests not only sophisticated design but also a high quality of craftsmanship, a feature which Peruzzi underlines by reference to the work as ‘lavorata’. This has the sense of ‘designed’ and ‘worked’, which needs to be seen as part of its impact. A similar attitude, based on awareness of Italian architecture but showing an openness to a range of buildings, can be found in the contemporary diary of an anonymous Milanese. The components of a building were thus differentiated, and it is clear that the best works were those that combined both good design and execution. In his own projects Peruzzi goes on to express more overtly other aspects of architectural design which appear, in his view, to be concomitant with beauty.
