02242cam a2200409 i 4500 pucpr 20260903162443.0 160121s2016 pau b s001 0 eng c 2015050853 9780271071206 (cloth : alk. paper) pucpr eng pucpr pucpr rda spa pcc e-it--- CARIBET NA1121.F7 A85 2016 724/.120945511 23 724.120945511 Atkinson, Niall, 1967- author. Niall Arkinson The Noisy Renaissance : sound, architecture, and Florentine urban life. / Niall Atkinson. txt University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2016]. xv, 260 p. ill. ; 27 cm. book rdacontent text txt rdamedia unmediaded n rdacarrier volume nc Include index. Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-254) and index. Contents: Vii List of Illustrations -- Xiii Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction Journey into the Noisy Renaissance -- 17 Chapter 1 The Acoustic Art of City Building -- 69 Chapter 2 Florentine Soundscape -- 121 Chapter 3 Sound, Space, and Meaning in Renaissance Florence -- 152 Chapter 4 Suoni, Voci, Rumori: Listening to the City -- 182 Chapter 5 Sonic Discord, Urban Disorder -- 201 Epilogue Ephemerality, Durability, and Architectural History -- 215 Notes -- 245 Bibliography -- 255 Index -- "Analyzes how the premodern city, through the example of Renaissance Florence, can be understood as an acoustic phenomenon. Explores how city sounds, such as the ringing of church bells, can be foundational elements in the creation and maintenance of urban communities and the spaces they inhabit"-- Provided by publisher. Architecture, Renaissance Italy Florence. bisacsh Renaissance Italy Florence. City sounds Italy Florence History. Bells Italy Florence History. Architectural acoustics History. lcc 27 NA1121.F7 General A85 2016 267687 267687 0 0 lcc 0 0 4 4 33 2017-11-14 22.02 0 General NA1121.F7 A85 2016 91000000054122 2017-11-28 00:00:00 1 32.02 2017-11-14 27 Pres. 2016 - 2017