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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
Main Author: Marina, Areli, 1964-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2012]
Subjects:
Piazza del Duomo (Parma, Italy)
Piazza Garibaldi (Parma, Italy)
Architecture, Medieval > Italy > Parma.
Architecture and society > Italy > Parma.
Parma (Italy) > Buildings, structures, etc.
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.