02721nam a22003977a 4500 213563 213563 pucpr 20200313154121.0 120709s2008 enkae b 001 0 eng 2007041397 GBA7A1908 bnb 014469728 Uk 9780754647164 hdbk. : alk. paper 0754647161 hdbk. : alk. paper (OCoLC)ocn174112727 (OCoLC)174112727 (OCoLC)153576942 pucpr pucpr pucpr eng rda e-it--- CARIBET NA9070 C36 2008 711/.550945 22 Canniffe, Eamonn. 207212 The politics of the piazza : the history and meaning of the Italian square / Eamonn Canniffe. Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2008. xvi, 288 p. ill., plans 26 cm. book rdacontent txt text rdamedia n unmediaded rdacarrier nc volume 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. Plazas Italy History. 27033 LEMB Architecture and state Italy History. 54084 Local 297370 Italy 6 NA9070 lcc General C36 2008 0 0 lcc 0 0 4 4 33 2009-09-08 amazon 79.95 441821 0 General NA9070 C36 2008 91000000001883 2016-05-27 00:00:00 1 89.95 2009-09-08 6