The Italian Piazza Transformed : Parma in the Communal Age /

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"Explores the history and architecture of two city squares, constructed by rival political parties, in the Italian city of Parma from 1196 to 1300"--Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Marina, Areli, 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Parma (Italy) > Buildings, structures, etc.
Architecture and society > Italy > Parma.
Architecture, Medieval > Italy > Parma.
Piazza Garibaldi (Parma, Italy)
Piazza del Duomo (Parma, Italy)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • About the reconstruction diagrams
  • Introduction
  • The production of order. (Re)constructing the Piazza del Duomo
  • (Re)constructing the communal piazza
  • The piazza and public life. The legislation of order
  • The eloquent piazza
  • Epilogue. Parma's spatial practice compared
  • Appendixes. On measurement, module, and geometry in medieval Parma
  • The communal buildings of Parma : evidence and interpretation
  • Salimbene de Adam's account of Parma's late thirteenth-century
  • Architectural projects.

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