The Italian piazza transformed Parma in the communal age
"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.
| Main Author: | Marina, Areli, 1964- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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University Park, Pa. :
Pennsylvania State University Press,
Ã2012.
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Table of Contents:
- 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.