Building stones of Milan and Lombardy / txt
Roberto Bugini, Luisa Folli.
- 402p. : ill. ; 25cm. book
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Volume 1. Milan: 1. Stone architecture in Milan. -- Historical town (Spanish walls, 17th century): 2. From piazza Duomo to piazza Fontana. -- 3. From piazza della Scala to piazza San Babila. -- 4. From Ca' Granda to piazza Missori. -- 5. From Carrobio to Cordusio and piazza Affari. -- 6. From via Broletto to corso Garibaldi and Brera. -- 7. From via Manzoni to corso Venezia. -- 8. From Porta Vittoria to Porta Romana. -- 9. From corso Italia to Porta Ticinese. -- 10. Sant'Ambrogio and surroundings. -- 11. From via Dante to piazza Castello and corso Sempione. -- Modern town (outside of the Spanish walls): 12. North-west Sector. -- 13. North-east Sector. -- 14. East Sector. -- 15. South Sector. -- 16. West Sector. -- Index -- Volume 2: Lombardy: Preface to the second volume ix -- 1 Geology of Lombardy: geological chronology and petrographical classification of Lombard stones 1 -- 2 Stone quarrying, transporting and dressing in Milan and Lombardy 9 -- 3 Decay phenomena on building stones of Lombardy 19 -- Part I Lombardy 25: 4 Stones from province of Bergamo 27 -- 5 Stones from province of Brescia 41 -- 6 Stones from provinces of Como and Lecco 51 -- 7 Stones from province of Pavia 63 -- 8 Stones from province of Sondrio 65 -- 9 Stones from province of Varese 71 -- 10 Stones from province of Verbano Cusio Ossola 85 -- Part Il Other Italian regions 101: 11 Stones from Apulia 103 -- 12 Stones of Friuli Venezia Giulia 105 -- 13 Stones from Latium 115 -- 14 Stones from Liguria 121 -- 15 Stones from Piedmont 127 -- 16 Stones of Trentino-Alto Adige 135 -- 17 Stones from Tuscany and Sardinia 141 -- 18 Stones from Veneto 159 -- Part III Foreign countries 169: 19 Stones from Europe, Africa, the Americas 171 -- Part IV Stone materials 179: 20 Coloured marbles (opus sectile, inlay) 181 -- 21 Mortar and plaster 209 -- 22 Brick and artificial stone 229 -- Part V Building structures 253: 23 Masonry 255 -- 24 Pavements 263 -- Part VI Special artefacts 283: 25 Church altars 285 -- 26 Monuments 299 -- 27 Funeral chapels of Cimitero Monumentale 321 -- Atlas of Stones and their textures 335: Actual size and microscopic pictures of the most important stones of the architecture of Milan and Lombardy. Historical use: 41 stones -- Index 385 --
"Milan has played an important role in the Italian country since the Roman period. This importance is reflected also by the diffusion of stone architecture: a persisting trait of Milan architecture was the use of different stones in the same building. Milan lies in the middle of the alluvial plain of the Po, far from the stone quarries; some waterways were dug out in order to supply the building stones from the surrounding territories. The study of stone as building material was significant at the end of 19th century, but then it was largely neglected by both architects and geologists. So it is significant to suggest a study about the stones employed to build in Milan (Volume 1) in relationship with a petrographic study about the features of the stones quarried in the whole Lombard territory (Volume 2). The present volume contains a record of Milanese edifices marking the different historical periods. Each edifice is described in a "card" containing: the building history, the architect, the kind of stone employed and subdivided according to the different parts of the building, the shape of stone elements. A particular investigation is addressed to the stones used during the 20th century, a great part of them was never used before in Milan (and in Lombardy)"--
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Milan (Italy)--Buildings, structures, etc.--History. Lombardy (Italy)--Buildings, structures, etc.--History.