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Architecture, Opportunity, and Conflict in Eighteenth-Century Sicily : Rebuilding after Natural Disaster /

The catastrophic Sicilian earthquake of 1693 led to the rebuilding of over 60 towns in the island's south-west. The rebuilding extended into the eighteenth century and gave opportunities for the reassertion and the transformation of power relations. Although eight of the towns are now protected...

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Autor principal: Nixon, Martin (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press
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500 |a Acknowledgments Introduction. The Val di Noto Rebuilding. Disaster and Opportunity Chapter One. Sicily as a Colonial Possession c. 1600-1750. Subordination and Resistance Chapter Two. The Hexagonal Towns of Avola and Grammichele. Urbanism, Fortification and Coercion Chapter Three. The Palaces of Noto. Ornament, Order, and Opportunism Chapter Four. The Palazzo Biscari, Catania. Lightness, Refinement and Distinction Chapter Five. The Palazzo Beneventano, Scicli. Trauma and Violence Chapter Six. The Palaces of Ragusa. Abundance, Famine and the Grotesque Conclusion. Architecture and the Naturalisation of Power Appendix. Glossary List of Illustrations Bibliography Index 
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520 |a The catastrophic Sicilian earthquake of 1693 led to the rebuilding of over 60 towns in the island's south-west. The rebuilding extended into the eighteenth century and gave opportunities for the reassertion and the transformation of power relations. Although eight of the towns are now protected by UNESCO, the remarkable architecture resulting from this rebuilding is little known outside Sicily. This is the first book-length study in English of this interesting area of early modern architecture. Rather than seek to address all of the towns, five case studies discuss key aspects of the rebuilding by approaching the architecture from different scales, from that of a whole town to parts of a town, or single buildings, or parts of buildings and their decoration. Each case study also investigates a different theoretical assumption in architecture, including ideas of the Baroque, rational planning, and the relegation of decoration in architectural discourse. 
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