Through a detailed study of the principal spaces of Italian cities,
this book explores the relationship between political systems and
their methods of representation in architecture. Illustrated by
contemporary photographs and analytical drawings, it examines
significant piazzas and situates these examples in their social and
political contexts, highlighting the urban evidence of shifts
between autocratic and democratic forms of government through
history. The ideological role of political architecture is analyzed
through the work of various theorists including ancient sources,
Renaissance thinkers and modern critics. The complex evolution of
individual spaces over time is represented by their physical
layering from ancient times to the present day. Other examples
connect the development of different characteristic types of
Italian urban form in chronological sequence, categorized by art
historical and political periods.
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