the birth of modern city planning Collins, George R. (George Roseborough) 1917-1993 creator Sitte, Camillo 1843-1903 Collins, Christiane Crasemann. text bibliography biography nyu 2006 Dover ed. monographic eng

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440 p. : ill.; map ; plan ; photo. ; 24 cm. List of illustrations -- Portrait of Camillo Sitte -- How to frame a statue -- Camillo Sitte, Mechitaristen Church, Vienna, 1871-73 -- Camillo Sitte, plan for the extension of Marienberg in Silesia -- Camillo Sitte, church plaza at Marienberg -- Camillo Sitte, plan of the church plaza at Marienberg -- Alternative proposals for the Eilenriede in Hanover -- Camillo Sitte, plan for a new section of Oderfurt-Pfivoz in Silesia -- Camillo Sitte, plan of the church at Oderfurt-Privoz -- Camillo Sitte, facade of the church at Oderfurt-Privoz -- Camille Pissarro, Rue des Arpentes, Rouen. Etching, 1887 -- Heinrich von Ferstel, Votive Church, Vienna, 1856-79 -- The growth of Vienna by 1910 -- Vienna in the eighteenth century with its old ramparts -- Camillo Sitte, bird's-eye view of a projected resort at Marienthal in Lower Austria -- Camillo Sitte, plan of the Marienthal area -- Air view of Piazza S. Marco, Venice -- Karl Henrici, projected plan of extension for the city of Dessau, 1890 -- Theodor Fischer, details of the plan of extension for Munich, 1893 -- Two plans for a villa suburb at Darmstadt -- Athens: the Agora -- Athens: the Acropolis -- Rome: the Forum Romanum -- Pompeii: view of the ruins of the Forum -- Florence: Piazza della Signoria -- Florence: Loggia dei Lanzi and Palazzo Vecchio -- Florence: Portico degli Uffizi -- Florence: Via degli Strozzi -- Florence: Palazzo Vecchio -- Vienna: Neuer Markt -- Geneva: plan of the city before 1848 -- Mannheim: plan of the city in 1799 -- Venice: the Piazzetta -- Vicenza: Piazza dei Signori -- Strasbourg: the Cathedral -- Breslau: the Rathaus -- Brussels: Marche aux poulets -- Verona: Piazza Erbe -- Brussels: Rue de la Regence -- Pisa: Piazza del Duomo -- Bruges: Rue des Pierres -- Lubeck: Breitestrasse -- Paris: air view in Sitte's day -- Vienna: Schonbrunn Palace -- Vienna: plan of the New Hof burg as originally laid out by Semper and Hasenauer -- Vienna: Maria Theresia Monument and the Museum of Natural History -- Vienna: Semper's first design for the New Hof burg forum (1869) -- Rome: St. Peter's and its piazza in plan -- Rome: the Capitol -- Rome: St. Peter's -- Vienna: the Ringstrasse in Sitte's time -- Salzburg: Residenzplatz -- Introduction -- Camillo Sitte's background, life, and interests -- The state of city planning in Germany and Austria -- Important contemporaries of Sitte : Baumeister, Stübben, Buls, and others -- The transformation of Vienna -- Some other sources of Sitte's ideas -- Sitte's point of view and analytical procedures -- The successive editions and translations of the book -- Sitte's impact on German city planning -- The influence of Sitte and German planning abroad -- Conclusion -- Translation of Camillo Sitte's City planning according to artistic principles -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index George R. Collins and Christiane Crasemann Collins. Originally published: New York : Rizzoli International Publications, 1986. "With a translation of the 1889 Austrian edition of his City planning according to artistic principles." Includes bibliographical references and index. Sitte, Camillo 1843-1903 Criticism and interpretation City planning Urbanism NA9085.S5 C65 2006 711/.4092 Sitte, Camillo 1843-1903 0486451186 9780847805563 pucpr 122211 20210309143949.0 eng