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020 _a9780271071206 (cloth : alk. paper)
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050 0 0 _aNA1121.F7
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100 1 _aAtkinson, Niall,
_d1967-
_eauthor.
_qNiall Arkinson
245 1 4 _aThe Noisy Renaissance :
_bsound, architecture, and Florentine urban life. /
_cNiall Atkinson.
_htxt
264 1 _aUniversity Park, Pennsylvania :
_bThe Pennsylvania State University Press,
_c[2016].
300 _axv, 260 p.
_bill. ;
_c27 cm.
_fbook
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
_btxt
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediaded
_bn
338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
_bnc
500 _aInclude index.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 244-254) and index.
505 _aContents: 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 --
520 _a"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.
650 0 _aArchitecture, Renaissance
_zItaly
_zFlorence.
_2bisacsh
650 0 _aRenaissance
_zItaly
_zFlorence.
650 0 _aCity sounds
_zItaly
_zFlorence
_xHistory.
650 0 _aBells
_zItaly
_zFlorence
_xHistory.
650 0 _aArchitectural acoustics
_xHistory.
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_mA85 2016
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