Background
Westfall, Carroll William was born on December 23, 1937 in Fresno, California, United States. Son of Carroll W. and Alice Margaret (DeVore) Westfall.
Carroll William Westfall
December 23, 1937 Fresno, California, United States
Assistant professor, Amherst (Massachusetts) College, 1966-1972; assistant professor, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1972-1975; associate professor, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1975-1982; associate professor, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1982-1988; professor architectural history, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1988-1998; department chairman, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1983-1989; Frank Montana professor, chairman School Architecture, U. Notre Dame, Indiana, since 1998. Consultant in field.
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In This Most Perfect Paradise: Alberti Nicholas V and the Invention of Conscious Urban Planning in Rome
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In This Most Perfect Paradise is the first extensive study of the early Renaissance papacy and its architectural policy. During the pontificate of Nicholas V a new concept of the Church and the papacy's role and mission came into focus and found expression in the collaboration between the pope and the period's most brilliant architect and theorist, Leon Battista Alberti. Intending to convert the city into a magnificent sad visible representation of the newly constituted Church, the Pope and his architect produced the first city planning project based on modem concepts of the city and of urban planning. That individual buildings, and the entire city they formed, should be subjected to conscious design revealing an ideology was a new and lasting idea. Professor Wcstfall explores with remarkable thoroughness early Renaissance painting, sculpture, and architecture, as well as treatises on the arts and other humanist literature, to demonstrate that architecture had traditionally presented ideologica1 content. His study shows that many well-known works of art can take on a new meaning when viewed not only as stylistic phenomena but also as elements in a comprehensive civic culture. He expands an art historical subject to embrace an impressive knowledge of other historical disciplines, such as church history, intellectual history, the history of the city of Rome, literary history, theology, and medieval and renaissance philosophy. In This Most Perfect Paradise is a fundamental contribution to Renaissance studies and establishes a new and important point of departure for future studies of the history of the city.
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In This Most Perfect Paradise: Alberti Nicholas V and the Invention of Conscious Urban Planning in Rome by Carroll Westfall (1974-06-01) Hardcover
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Architectural Principles in the Age of Historicism: 1st (First) Edition
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Carroll William Westfall Edit Profile
Carroll William Westfall, American architectural historian. Board directors Landmarks Preservation Council, Chicago, 1973-1982, president, 1974-1976. Member Society Architectural Historians, National Trust History Preservation, Congress New Urbanism, INTBAU (London), Institute Classical Architecture & Classical America.
Education
Bachelor, University California, Berkeley, 1961. Master of Architecture, University Manchester, England, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1967.
Career
Assistant professor, Amherst (Massachusetts) College, 1966-1972; assistant professor, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1972-1975; associate professor, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1975-1982; associate professor, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1982-1988; professor architectural history, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1988-1998; department chairman, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1983-1989; Frank Montana professor, chairman School Architecture, U. Notre Dame, Indiana, since 1998. Consultant in field.
Works
book
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In This Most Perfect Paradise: Alberti Nicholas V and the Invention of Conscious Urban Planning in Rome
(In This Most Perfect Paradise is the first extensive stud...)
- ARCHITECTURAL PRINCIPLES IN THE AGE OF HISTORICISM.
- In This Most Perfect Paradise: Alberti Nicholas V and the Invention of Conscious Urban Planning in Rome by Carroll Westfall (1974-06-01) Hardcover
- Architectural Principles in the Age of Historicism: 1st (First) Edition
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In This Most Perfect Paradise: Alberti Nicholas V and the Invention of Conscious Urban Planning in Rome
Membership
Board directors Landmarks Preservation Council, Chicago, 1973-1982, president, 1974-1976. Member Society Architectural Historians, National Trust History Preservation, Congress New Urbanism, INTBAU (London), Institute Classical Architecture & Classical America.
Interests
Connections
Married Cheryl Ludwig, June 6, 1964 (divorced 1971). Married Relling Rossi, June 26, 1982. Children: Nicholas William, John Salvatore.
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Religion
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Political Party
Republican
Education
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1961
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1963
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1967
Career
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1966 - 1972
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1972 - 1975
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1982 - 1988
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1998 - 2002
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1998 - 2002