Public lettering : script, power, and culture / Armando Petrucci; translated by Linda Lappin.

Main entry:

Petrucci, Armando.

Title & Author:

Public lettering : script, power, and culture / Armando Petrucci; translated by Linda Lappin.

Publication:

Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 1993.

Description:

vi, 152 pages 98 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Notes:
Originally published: Torino : Giulio Einaudi editore, c1986.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-146) and index.
Translation of: La scrittura.

Summary:

Examines the relationship between the style, function, and location of public writing. Petrucci (paleography, U. of Rome) considers public writing both as an instrument of power and the image and mirror of that power. He focuses on Rome from the classical period to the spray paint period, with glances at other European cities. Published in Italian.

ISBN:

0226663868
9780226663869

Subject:

Written communication Italy History.
Inscriptions Italy.
Communication écrite Italie Histoire.
Inscriptions
Written communication
Italy

Form/genre:

History
Books.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 206162
Call No.: P211.3.I8 P4 1993
Status: Available

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