The Italian Piazza Transformed Parma in the Communal Age /

Marina, Areli, 1964-

The Italian Piazza Transformed Parma in the Communal Age / [Recurso electrónico] : Areli Marina. - University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (192 p.) - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Libro Electrónico

"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.

9780271053974 0271053976




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.

NA9072.P364 / M37 2012

711/.550945441