The politics of the piazza : the history and meaning of the Italian square /
Eamonn Canniffe.
- xvi, 288 p. ill., plans 26 cm. book
- Design and the built environment series .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-273) 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.
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. Illustrated by contemporary photographs and analytical drawings, it examines significant piazzas in their social and political contexts, highlighting the urban evidence of shifts between autocratic and democratic forms of government - from antiquity to the present day.
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Plazas--History.--Italy Architecture and state--History.--Italy