This book provides a reassessment of the theory of magnificence in light of the related social
virtue of splendour. Author James Lindow highlights how magnificence, when applied to …

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3 Fabrizio Nevola SIENA CONSTRUCTING THE RENAISSANCE CITY Siena, one of the major …

Siena is often referred to as the'City of the Virgin'and the'City of the Palio'. The special
devotion of the Sienese to the Virgin began in the thirteenth century and in times of danger …

Did ordinary Italians have a 'Renaissance'? This book presents the first in-depth exploration
of how artisans and small local traders experienced the material and cultural Renaissance …

In Renaissance Italy clothing, particularly of women, was strictly regulated; individuals were
regularly denounced when walking through the city. Modesty was a virtue in a republican …

This paper deals with the relationship between continuity and change in architectural
history, or, to be more precise, with the relationship between the continuity of built structures …

This article examines a document in the Spanish National Archive at Simancas, which
entails a list of urban reform projects for Madrid in its early years as both court and de facto …

In this thesis I study Italian fifteenth-century ideas on cities and the built environment,
especially from the viewpoint of two architectural treatises and their writers, Leon Battista …

From the 1380s to the 1420s, Florence extended its authority over numerous cities and
towns along the Valdichiana valley in southeast Tuscany, including three major settlements …

Cet article traite du patronage architectural de Pie II Piccolomini à Sienne, sa ville natale. Le
goût sophistiqué du Piccolomini en matière d'architecture est bien connu et est illustré en …