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049 _aCARIBET
050 0 0 _aNA9070
_bC36 2008
082 0 0 _a711/.550945
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100 1 _aCanniffe, Eamonn.
_9207212
245 1 4 _aThe politics of the piazza :
_bthe history and meaning of the Italian square /
_cEamonn Canniffe.
264 _aAldershot, England ;
_aBurlington, VT :
_bAshgate,
_c©2008.
300 _axvi, 288 p.
_bill., plans
_c26 cm.
_fbook
336 _2rdacontent
_btxt
_atext
337 _2rdamedia
_bn
_aunmediaded
338 _2rdacarrier
_bnc
_avolume
490 0 _aDesign and the built environment series
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [265]-273) and index.
505 _a 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.
520 _aThrough 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.
650 0 _aPlazas
_zItaly
_xHistory.
_927033
_2LEMB
650 0 _aArchitecture and state
_zItaly
_xHistory.
_954084
_2Local
651 0 _9297370
_aItaly
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_hNA9070
_2lcc
_kGeneral
_mC36 2008