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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815345303321

Autore

Marina Areli <1964->

Titolo

The Italian piazza transformed : Parma in the communal age / / Areli Marina

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University Park, Pennsylvania : , : Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2012]

©2012

ISBN

0-271-05562-6

0-271-05891-9

0-271-05397-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 198 p. ) : ill. (some col.) ;

Disciplina

711.550945441

Soggetti

Architecture, Medieval - Italy - Parma

Architecture and society - Italy - Parma

Parma (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc

Piazza Garibaldi (Parma, Italy)

Piazza del Duomo (Parma, Italy)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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.