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Siena: Constructing the Renaissance City [Hardcover]

Fabrizio Nevola (Author)

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Book Description

Publication Date: 2 Nov 2007 | ISBN-10: 0300126786 | ISBN-13: 978-0300126785

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. Enhanced with a beautiful collection of historic and new photographs, the book offers a fresh and engaging account of Siena's unique architectural achievements.

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Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Yale University Press (2 Nov 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0300126786
ISBN-13: 978-0300126785
Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 2.7 x 29 cm
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 752,122 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Fabrizio Nevola is lecturer in the Dipartimento di Archeologia e Storia delle Arti at the Universita degli Studi di Siena, Italy.

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