Miller, Naomi Renaissance Bologna A Study in Architectural Form

Miller, Naomi
Renaissance Bologna
A Study in Architectural Form and Content
New York, Bern, Frankfurt/M., Paris, 1989. 218 pp., 62 ill.
University of Kansas Humanistic Studies. Vol. 56
General Editor: David M. Bergeron
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Book synopsis
This book offers a fresh approach to the study of Renaissance architecture and urban history by focussing on the imagery of the civic institutions
of Bologna - those devoted to religion, government, law, commerce, welfare, and learning. The first part deals with the site and the urban
determinants of the medieval city-state that constitute the structure of the future city. The second part concentrates on the forms of individual
buildings as visual manifestations of the contemporary culture. Throughout, the author seeks to interpret the spirit that contributes to the
particular beauty and configuration of the city.
Contents
Contents: The architecture and urban history of Bologna approached through the imagery of civic institutions and their transformation from the
medieval city-state to the Renaissance.
Reviews
«... in ben pochi casi si pratica un'effetiva analisi delle connessioni che si possono realmente instaurare tra (teoria) e le forme concrete
dell'architettura. ... La Bologna descritta da Naomi Miller rende visibile quei caratteri di mediazione istituzionale che mostrano concretamente la
possibilità che la 'teoria dell'architettura' divenga oggetto di dibattito sociale.» (Andrea Calori, spazio e società)
«Bologna 'is' the work of art. And for this reason one welcomes the fine book on this major, yet understudied, urban center by Naomi
Miller.» (George L: Gorse, Speculum)
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