The Emergence of the Professional Architect

Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting
19-21 March 2009
UCLA & The Getty Museum, Malibu

The Italian Renaissance is thought to mark the beginning of the shift
from skilled artisan to professional architect. The limited available
evidence, however, has not allowed an in-depth analysis of the subject,
including the following: How do the changes in intellectual/ cultural
paradigms relate to architectural practice? What did the process of
design consist of and how did it originate? What is the relationship
between architectural design and/or drawing/painting, as well as
mathematics? We invite proposals that investigate all aspects of the
architectural profession in Early Modern Europe.

Please submit an abstract of no more than 150 words and a short CV to
Dr. Angeliki Pollali (apollaliacgmail.gr) and Dr. Berthold
Hub(berthold.hubgta.arch.ehtz.ch), by May 22, 2008.