“This book arrives at a moment when debates in the field over the role of history and architecture's political imperatives are widespread. Tamburelli addresses both issues through detailed analysis situated in the history of the discipline. On Bramante presents a clear and at times brilliant argument that promises to revitalize architectural discourse.”
Stan Allen, George Dutton '27 Professor of Architecture, Princeton University
“There are many books on the history of architecture, many on modern architecture, but few that, like Tamburelli's On Bramante, write about history in order to illuminate contemporary architectural concerns so brightly.”
Sam Jacob, Sam Jacob Studio; Professor of Architecture, University of Illinois, Chicago
“Tamburelli's On Bramante reveals the riddles and enduring importance of Bramante's life and work. Mirroring the architect's speculations on the possibility of a public art or common experience, we discover within its pages why the architecture of Bramante, and his preoccupation with space, is so relevant to our discussion of contemporary architecture and our belief in a collective public.”
Sharon Johnston, Johnston MarkLee & Associates; Professor in Practice, Harvard Graduate School of Design
“On Bramante is a dense, rich, strange, and provocative book.”
The Architect's Newspaper
“A major event.”
Arquitectura Viva
"Pier Paolo Tamburelli, […] insists in this spirited treatise that Donato Bramante's spatial innovations can propel a new practice of “architecture as public art.” Strange, sometimes flippant, as conversant with Rem Koolhaas as with Pope Leo X, this book is a rare effort to rethink our present deadlocks through historical models — and its ironic Neo-Classicism is beautifully buttressed by Bas Princen's spare photographs of Bramante nerve centers”
The New York Times
