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The politics of the piazza : the history and meaning of the Italian square

Title
The politics of the piazza : the history and meaning of the Italian square / Eamonn Canniffe.
Author
Canniffe, Eamonn
Publication
Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2008]

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Description
xvi, 288 pages : illustrations, plans; 26 cm.
Summary
Through a detailed study of the principal spaces of Italian cities, this book explores the relationship between political systems and their methods of representation in architecture. It examines approximately 70 significant piazzas and situates these in their social and political contexts.
Series Statement
Design and the built environment series
Uniform Title
Design and the built environment series
Subject
  • Plazas > Italy > History
  • Architecture and state > Italy > History
  • Architecture and state
  • Plazas
  • Platz
  • Öffentlicher Raum
  • Platzgestaltung
  • Städtebau
  • Italy
  • Italien
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-273) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Part I: The roots of Italian urban form. Rome : the centre of the city as axis mundi ; Christianity : the development of new urban forms ; The Middle Ages : from the city of God to the city of man -- Part II: The early modern city. Early Renaissance : perspective, representation and the ideal ; High Renaissance : the modern city all'antica ; Mannerism : the theatre of the city ; Baroque : scale, form and meaning -- Part III: The city and national consciousness. Neo-Classicism : style and political ideology ; Risorgimento : the formation of a national urban space ; Fascism : the urban language of authoritarianism -- Part IV: Urban expression in an age of uncertainty. Neo-Realism : urban form and la dolce vita ; Neo-Rationalism : Aldo Rossi and the rediscovery of typology ; Labyrinths : the city of 'the years of lead' ; The piazza and the politics of the present.
ISBN
  • 9780754647164
  • 0754647161
LCCN
2007041397
OCLC
  • ocn174112727
  • 174112727
  • SCSB-9075321
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library