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Siena : constructing the Renaissance city / Fabrizio Nevola.
Main entry:

Nevola, Fabrizio, 1970-

Title & Author:

Siena : constructing the Renaissance city / Fabrizio Nevola.

Publication:

New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, ©2007.

Description:

vii, 303 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-292) and index.
'Turn your eyes to behold her': architecture and civic ideology in fourteenth-century Siena -- The imperial visit of Sigismund of Luxemburg: the urban experience of ritual -- Between the imperial visits: urban renewal and domestic architecture -- Pius II Piccolomini and architectural patronage in Siena: papap power and family identity -- 'La citta magnificata': urban magnificence and civic image -- The word on the street: the Strada Roman and its users -- Rewriting the city's pasts in stone: humanists, antiquatians and the built fabric -- Palaces, politics and history: the architecture of the Novesco Oligarchy -- The stratified city: Oligarchy and urban form -- Conclusion: the prince and the city: Pandolfo Petrucci, 'Il Magnifico'
This publication was facilitated by the CCA Study Centre Visiting Scholars Program.
Includes reproductions of CCA Collection material.
Dust jacket.
Summary:

"Siena, one of the major artistic centres of medieval and Renaissance Italy, is renowned for its striking architecture and its beauty as a city. This book is the first to focus on Sienese architectural and urban history during the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. Fabrizio Nevola offers a comprehensive picture of the city, describing in detail how the layout and appearance of Siena changed between 1400 and 1520, as political and social events triggered a variety of initiatives that transformed the city's urban core." "Weaving together social, political, economic and architectural history, the book explores the role of key patrons in Siena's urban projects, including Pope Pius II Piccolomini and his family and, later, the quasi-despot Pandolfo Petrucci, 'The Magnificent'. Nevola also considers how the government used architecture to forge a local identity and establish authority, the influence of important architects and architectural theorists, and the way that ritual events contributed in special ways to the changing face of the city."--Jacket.

ISBN:

9780300126785 (hardcover)
0300126786 (hardcover)

Subject:

Architecture Italy Siena History.
Architecture, Renaissance Italy Siena.
Architecture Political aspects Italy Siena.
Architecture Italie Sienne Histoire.
Architecture de la Renaissance Italie Sienne.
Architecture Aspect politique Italie Sienne.
Architecture.
Architecture Political aspects.
Architecture, Renaissance.
Buildings.
Architektur
Renaissance
Städtebau
Architecture Italy Siena 15th century.
Siena (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc.
Siena Städtebau Geschichte 1400-1550.
Italy Siena.
Siena
Centre canadien d'architecture Collection

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Centre canadien d'architecture. Centre d'étude

Holdings:

Location: Library main 267178
Call No.: BIB 199214
Status: Available

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