Main entry:

Marina, Areli, 1964-

Title & Author:

The Italian piazza transformed : Parma in the communal age / Areli Marina.

Publication:

University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2012.

Description:

xvii, 198 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
About the reconstruction diagrams -- Introduction -- The production of order. (Re)constructing the Piazza del Duomo -- (Re)constructing the communal piazza -- The piazza and public life. The legislation of order -- The eloquent piazza -- Epilogue. Parma's spatial practice compared -- Appendixes. On measurement, module, and geometry in medieval Parma -- The communal buildings of Parma : evidence and interpretation -- Salimbene de Adam's account of Parma's late thirteenth-century -- Architectural projects.

Summary:

"Explores the history and architecture of two city squares, constructed by rival political parties, in the Italian city of Parma from 1196 to 1300"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780271050706 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0271050705 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Architecture, Medieval Italy Parma.
Architecture and society Italy Parma.
Parma (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc.
Architecture médiévale Italie Parme.
Architecture et société Italie Parme.
Architecture and society.
Architecture, Medieval.
Art, Architecture & Applied Arts.
Architecture.
Piazza del Duomo (Parma, Italy)
Piazza Garibaldi (Parma, Italy)
Piazza del Duomo (Parme, Italie)
Piazza Garibaldi (Parme, Italie)
Italy Parma.
Italy Parma Piazza del Duomo.
Italy Parma Piazza Garibaldi.
Piazza al Duomo
Piazza Grande

Holdings:

Location: Library main 279293
Call No.: BIB 215298
Status: Available