Main entry:

Canniffe, Eamonn, author.

Title & Author:

The politics of the piazza : the history and meaning of the Italian square / Eamonn Canniffe.

Publication:

Aldershot, UK ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2008]
©2008

Description:

xvi, 288 pages : illustrations, plans ; 26 cm.

Series:

Design and the built environment series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.

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.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents only

ISBN:

9780754647164 (hdbk. ; alk. paper)
0754647161 (hdbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Plazas Italy History.
Architecture and state Italy History.
Places Italie Histoire.
Architecture Politique gouvernementale Italie Histoire.
Architecture and state
Plazas
Platz
Öffentlicher Raum
Platzgestaltung
Städtebau
Italy
Italien

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Design and the built environment series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 259097
Call No.: BIB 189952
Status: Available